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BEING SELECTIONS FROM 

THE OLD AND THE NEW TESTAMENTS 

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SYNTHETICS-READINGS 
By ULYSSES G, B.. PIERCE 



INTRODUCTION BY 
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INTRODUCTION 

The mission of such a book as this, whether 
in churches or schools or famihes, is perhaps 
more apparent to a minister than to most men 
and women. For the preparation for the read- 
ing of the Scripture in the service of every Sun- 
day is one of the most important functions which 
comes upon a preacher. It has been well said 
by a leader of men in our time, that the only 
instruction in the Bible which most laymen re- 
ceive is in the reading of the Scripture by the 
minister at church from week to week. 

Now in the selection of passages for reading 
it is not enough to choose a few verses separated 
from the rest of the Bible. What Mr. Pierce 
has done so effectively in this volume is to bring 
together in a natural way parts of the Bible 
which explain and supplement one another. I 
do not remember any other book which thus 
brings together in their vital relations the pas- 
sages of the Bible that are of permanent worth. 
Such comprehensive survey of the Scripture is 
not to be made in half an hour on a Saturday 
afternoon. It is the work of years : and the re- 
sults of such work are in the reader's hands in 
this volume. 

Edward E. Hale 
Washington, D. C. 



PREFACE 

The following selections have been made solely 
for their religious value and suggestiveness. 
The aim has been to have each reading a literary 
unit, dealing with but one subject, and enforc- 
ing a definite religious lesson. This has in- 
volved some verbal changes, and the omission 
of whatever would distract the attention, offend 
the moral sense, or start a divergent line of 
thought. 

The readings are synthetic. In each selection 
the whole Bible has been drawn upon, as needed 
to develop the subject or to supplement the 
thought. Isolated passages have been brought 
into relation with the larger thought of which 
they are generic parts, thus utilizing many 
short passages which would otherwise be over- 
looked because of their fragmentary character. 

Wherever practicable the classic chapters have 
been left undisturbed so far as their setting is 
concerned. But the purpose of the work has 
often necessitated some rearrangement of chap- 
ters. This is particularly true of the gospels, 
where the method of bringing together the 
various passages by subject rather than by 
chapter has occasioned some confusion. It is 
thus feared that the reader may experience some 
diflSculty in finding a desired passage. To les- 

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sen this as much as possible, the volume is pro- 
vided with a list of the more familiar religious 
topics, another list of the readings suitable for 
various occasions, and also with a general index. 
It is believed that these will put the contents of 
the volume at the reader's service. 

The design has been to make the selection rep- 
resentative and inclusive so far as the limits 
of the volume would permit; but with so large 
a field to chose from there is ample room for 
difference of judgment. It is hoped, however, 
that the selection may be deemed fairly repre- 
sentative of what is best in the scriptures, and 
that the method adopted may serve to reveal 
to the reader the Soul of the Bible. 



Ulysses G. B. Pierce 



CONTENTS 

THE OLD TESTAMENT 

PAGE 

Genesis 1 

Exodus 14 

Leviticus 33 

Numbers 35 

Deuteronomy 43 

Joshua 53 

Judges 57 

I Samuel 64 

II Samuel 76 

I Kings 85 

II Kings 94 

I Chronicles 98 

Nehemiah 100 

Job 104 

Psalms 125 

Proverbs 179 

ecclesiastes 189 

Isaiah 197 

Jeremiah 227 

Lamentations 234 

EZEKIEL 237 

Daniel 246 

HosEA 252 

Joel 253 

Amos 254 

Jonah \ 256 

MiCAH 259 

Habakkuk 260 

Haggai-Zechariah 263 

Malachi 265 



CONTENTS 



THE APOCRYPHA 

PAGE 

I EsDRAS 269 

Wisdom 272 

ecclesiasticus 277 



THE NEW TESTAMENT 

Matthew-Mark-Luke 293 

John 369 

Acts 396 

KoMANS 422 

I Corinthians 434 

II Corinthians 449 

Galatians 456 

Ephesians 458 

Philippians 463 

colossians 468 

Thessalonians 472 

I Timothy 475 

II Timothy .477 

Hebrews 481 

James 490 

I Peter 497 

II Peter 503 

I John 505 

Revelation 509 



INDEXES 

Index of Headings for Special Occasions . . 515 

Index of Topics 516 

General Index 518 



SYNTHETIC READINGS 
THE OLD TESTAMENT 



THE SOUL OF THE BIBLE 

THE BOOK OF GENESIS 

GENESIS I 

In the beginning God created the heavens 
and the earth. And the earth was without form, 
and void; and darkness was upon the face of 
the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon 
the face of the waters. And God said. Let 
there be light: and there was Hght. And God 
saw the hght, that it was good : and God divided 
the hght from the darkness. 

And God said. Let the waters under the 
heavens be gathered together unto one place, and 
let the dry land appear: and it was so. And 
God saw that it was good. 

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, 
the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yield- 
ing fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself, 
upon the earth: and it was so. And God saw 
that it was good. 

And God said. Let there be lights in the firma- 
ment of heaven. And God made the two great 
lights ; the greater light to rule the day, and the 
lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars 
also. And God set them in the firmament of 
heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule 
over the day and over the night, and to divide 

1 



2 GENESIS 

the light from the darkness: and God saw that 
it was good. 

And God said. Let the waters bring forth 
abundantly the moving creature that hath life, 
and fowl that may fly above the earth in the 
open firmament of heaven. And God created 
great fishes, and every living creature that 
moveth, which the waters brought forth abun- 
dantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl 
after his kind : and God saw that it was good. 

And God said. Let the earth bring forth the 
living creature after his kind, cattle, and creep- 
ing thing, and beast of the earth after his kind : 
and it was so. And God saw that it was good. 

And God said. Let us make man in our image, 
after our likeness: and let them have dominion 
over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the 
air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, 
and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon 
the earth. And God created man in his own 
image, in the image of God created he him ; 
male and female created he them. And God 
blessed them. 

And God saw every thing that he had made, 
and, behold, it was very good. 

GENESIS IX 

And God blessed Noah, and said unto him. 
Behold, I establish my covenant with you, and 
with your children after you; and with every 
living creature that is with you, the birds, the 
cattle, and every beast of the earth with you. 
This is the token of the covenant which I make 



GENESIS 3 

between me and you and every living creature 
that is with you for perpetual generations: I 
do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a 
token of a covenant between me and the earth. 
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud 
over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the 
cloud. This is the token of the covenant which 
I have established between me and all flesh that is 
upon the earth. For while the earth remaineth, 
seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and 
winter, day and night, shall not cease. This 
is the covenant which I have established between 
me and all flesh for ever. 

GENESIS XI 
Acts ii 

Now the whole earth was of one language and 
of one speech. And it came to pass, as they 
journeyed from the east, that they found a plain 
in the land of Shinar; and there they dwelt. 
And they said one to another. Come, let us make 
brick and burn them thoroughly, and let us 
build a city, and a tower, whose top may reach 
even unto heaven; and let us make a name, lest 
we be scattered abroad upon the face of the 
whole earth. And they had brick for stone, and 
slime had they for mortar. 

And the Lord came down to see the city and 
the tower, which the children of men builded. 
And the Lord said. Behold, they are one people, 
and they have all one language ; and this is what 
they begin to do ! and nothing will be withholden 
from them, which they may purpose to do. 



GENESIS 



Come, let us go down, and there confound their 
language, that they may not understand one 
another's speech. So the Lord scattered them 
abroad from thence upon the face of all the 
earth: and they left off building the city. 
Therefore was the name of the tower called 
Babel, which is, by interpretation. Confusion. 

Now when the day of Pentecost was fully 
come, the apostles were all with one accord in 
one place. And they went up into the upper 
chamber; and were continuing stedfastly with 
one accord in prayer. And suddenly there came 
a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty 
wind, and it filled all the house where they were 
sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven 
tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of 
them. And they were all filled with the Holy 
Spirit, and began to' speak with other tongues, 
as the Spirit gave them utterance. 

Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, 
devout men, out of every nation under heaven. 
And when this was noised abroad, the multitude 
came together, and were astonished because that 
every man heard them speaking in his own lan- 
guage the mighty works of God. 

GENESIS XIII, XV, XVII 

And the word of the Lord came unto Abram 
in a vision, saying, Lift up now thine eyes, and 
look from the place where thou art, northward 
and southward, and eastward and westward ; for 
all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give 



GENESIS 



it, and to thy children for ever. Arise, walk 
through the land in the length of it and in the 
breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it. And 
the Lord brought him forth abroad, and said. 
Look now toward the heaven, and count the 
stars, if thou be able to number them: and he 
said. Even so shalt thou be. 

And the Lord said unto him, I am the Lord 
that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, 
to give thee this land to inherit it. Walk before 
me, and be thou perfect. Fear not; I am thy 
shield, and thy exceeding great reward. Be- 
hold, I establish my covenant between me and 
thee and thy children after thee in their genera- 
tions for an everlasting covenant, to be a God 
unto thee, and to thy children after thee. And 
I will give unto thee, and to thy children after 
thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger; and 
I will be their God. 

GENESIS XXVI 

Now Isaac dwelt in the valley of Gerar: and 
he waxed great, and grew more and more, till 
the Philistines envied him. And Isaac digged 
again the wells of water, which th^y had digged 
in the days of Abraham his father; for the 
Philistines had stopped them and filled them with 
earth after the death of Abraham : and he called 
their names after the names by which his father 
had called them. 

Now it came to pass, when Isaac's servants 
had digged in the valley and found there a well 
of springing water, that the herdmen of Gerar 



6 GENESIS 



did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, This 
water is ours ! So Isaac called the name of that 
well Esek, which by interpretation is Contention ; 
because there they contended with him. There- 
fore is it called to this day. The Well of Conten- 
tion. And they digged another well, and they 
strove for that also : wherefore he called the name 
of it Sitnah, which by interpretation is Enmity ; 
and so is it called to this day. And Isaac re- 
moved from thence, and digged another well: 
and for that they strove not. And he called the 
name of that well Rehoboth, which by interpre- 
tation is, A Broad Place. For, said Isaac, the 
Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be 
fruitful in the land. 

GENESIS XXVIII 

And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and 
went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a 
certain place, and tarried there all night because 
the sun was set ; and he took one of the stones 
of that place, and put it under his head, and lay 
down in that place to sleep. 

And he dreamed ; and, behold, a ladder set up 
on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven : 
and, behold, the angels of God ascending and 
descending on it. And, behold, the Lord stood 
above it, and said, I am the Lord, the God of 
Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the 
land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and 
to thy children. And they shall be as the dust 
of the earth for multitude, and thou shalt spread 
abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the 



GENESIS 7 

north, and to the south : and in thee shall all the 
families of the earth be blessed. And, behold, 
I am with thee, and will keep thee whitherso- 
ever thou goest, and will bring thee again into 
this land ; for I will not leave thee, until I have 
done that which I have spoken to thee. 

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he 
said. Surely the Lord is in this place; and I 
knew it not. This is none other but the house 
of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 

GENESIS XXXII 

Now Jacob was left alone all night ; and there 
wrestled a man with him until the breaking of 
the day. And when he saw that he prevailed 
not against Jacob, he said. Let me go, for the 
day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee 
go, except thou bless me. And he said unto 
him. What is thy name.? And he said, Jacob. 
And he said. Thy name shall be called no more 
Jacob, but Israel : for thou hast striven with God 
and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob 
asked him, and said. Tell me, I pray thee, thy 
name. And he said. Wherefore is it that thou 
dost ask after my name.? And he blessed him 
there. 

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, 
which by interpretation is. The Face of God: 
For, said he, I have seen God face to face. 

GENESIS XXXVII, XXXIX 

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his 
children, because he was the son of his old age: 



8 GENESIS 



and he made him a coat of many colours. And 
his brethren saw that their father loved him more 
than all his brethren; and they hated him, and 
could not speak peaceably unto him. Moreover 
Joseph dreamed dreams: and they hated him 
yet the more for his dreams. 

And it came to pass on a day, that Israel 
sent Joseph down to Dothan to see how his breth- 
ren fared. And they saw him afar off, and be- 
fore he came near unto them, they conspired 
against him to slay him. And they said one to 
another. Behold, here cometh this dreamer! 
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and 
cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, 
An evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall 
see what will become of his dreams. And Reuben 
heard it, and said unto them. Shed no blood ; cast 
him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but 
lay no hand upon him : that he might deliver him 
out of their hand, to restore him to his father. 
And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto 
his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his 
coat, the coat of many colours that was on him ; 
and they took him, and cast him into the pit : and 
the pit was empty, there was no water in it. 

And they sat down to eat bread: and they 
lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a 
caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, 
with their camels bearing spicery and balm and 
myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. And 
Judah said unto his brethren. What profit is it if 
we slay our brother and conceal his blood? 
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and 



GENESIS 9 

let not our hand be upon him; for he is our 
brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened 
unto him. And they Hfted up Joseph out of 
the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for 
twenty pieces of silver. 

And Reuben returned unto the pit to deliver 
Joseph ; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit ; 
and he rent his clothes. And he returned unto 
his brethren, and said. The child is not ! and I, 
whither shall I go? And they took Joseph's 
coat, and killed a goat, and dipped the coat in 
the blood; and they sent the coat of many col- 
ours, and they brought it to their father, and 
said. This have we found: know now whether it 
is thy son's coat or not. And he knew it, and 
said, It is my son's coat! an evil beast hath de- 
voured him; Joseph without doubt is torn in 
pieces. And he rent his garments, and put 
sackcloth upon him, and mourned for his son, 
many days. And all his sons and all his daugh- 
ters rose up to comf oii: him ; but he refused to 
be comforted; and he said, I shall go to my 
grave mourning! And his father wept for 
him. 

Now the Ishmaelites brought Joseph down to 
Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, 
the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought 
him of the hand of the Ishmaelites. So Joseph 
was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 
And Joseph found grace in his sight: for he 
was a goodly person and well favoured; and 
Potiphar made him overseer in his house, and 
all that he had he put into his hand. And the 



10 GENESIS 

Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's 
sake. 

GENESIS XLI, XLII 

And Joseph went out from the presence of 
Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of 
Egypt. And in the seven plenteous years the 
earth brought forth by handfuls. And he gath- 
ered up all the food of the seven years which were 
in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in 
the cities. And Joseph laid up grain as the 
sand of the sea, very much, until he left off 
numbering; for it was without number. And 
the seven years of famine began to come, accord- 
ing as Joseph had said: and there was famine 
in all lands ; but in all the land of Egypt there 
was bread. And all countries came into Egypt 
to Joseph to buy grain. 

Now when Israel knew that there was grain in 
Egypt, he said unto his sons. Behold, I have 
heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you 
down thither, and buy for us from thence ; that 
we may live, and not die. And Joseph's ten 
brethren went down to buy grain in Egypt. 
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Israel sent not 
with his brethren ; for he said, Lest harm befall 
him. And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed 
down themselves to him with their faces to the 
earth. And Joseph saw his brethren, and he 
knew them, but made himself strange unto them, 
and spake roughly with them ; and he said unto 
them. Whence come ye? And they said. From 
the land of Canaan to buy food. And Joseph 
knew his brethren, but they knew not bim. And 



GENESIS 11 

Joseph said unto them. Ye are spies! to see the 
nakedness of the land ye are come. And they 
said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food 
are thy servants come. We are all one man's 
sons ; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. 
And he said unto them. Nay! but to see the 
nakedness of the land are ye come. And they 
said. We thy servants are twelve brethren, the 
sons of one man in the land of Canaan ; and 
behold, the youngest is this day with our father, 
and one is not. And Joseph said unto them. 
That is even what I spake unto you, saying. 
Ye are spies. Hereby ye shall be proved: by 
the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, 
except your youngest brother come hither. 
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, 
and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words 
may be proved, whether there be truth in you: 
or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are 
spies. And he put them all together into ward 
three days. 

And Joseph said unto them the third day. 
This do, and live ; for I fear God : if ye be true 
men, let one of your brethren be bound in your 
prison-house; but go ye, carry grain for the 
famine of your houses : and bring your youngest 
brother unto me ; so shall your words be verified, 
and ye shall not die. And they did so. And 
they said one to another, We are verily guilty 
concerning our brother, in that we saw the an- 
guish of his soul, when he besought us, and we 
would not hear ; therefore is this distress come 
upon us. And Reuben answered them, saying. 



12 GENESIS 

Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against 
the child ; and ye would not hear ? therefore also, 
behold, his blood is required. And they knew 
not that Joseph understood them ; for there was 
an interpreter between them. And Joseph 
turned himself about from them, and wept. And 
he returned to them, and spake to them, and took 
Simeon from among them, and bound him before 
their eyes. Then Joseph commanded to fill their 
vessels with grain, and to restore every man's 
money into his sack, and to give them provision 
for the way: and thus it was done unto them. 
And they laded their beasts with their grain, 
and departed thence. 

GENESIS XLIII, XLV 

Now the famine was sore in the land of Ca- 
naan. And it came to pass, when the sons of 
Israel had eaten up the grain which they had 
brought out of Egypt, that their father said 
unto them, Go down again, buy us a little 
food. And Judah spake unto him, saying. The 
man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye 
shall not see my face, except your brother be 
with you. If thou wilt send our brother with 
us, we will go down and buy thee food: but if 
thou wilt not send him, we will not go down ; for 
the man said unto us. Ye shall not see my face, 
except your brother be with you. And their 
father said unto them, If it must be so now, 
let it be. Take your brother, and arise, go 
again unto the man: and God Almighty give 
you mercy before the man, that he may release 



GENESIS 13 

unto you your other brother and Benjamin. 
And I, if I be bereaved of my children, I am be- 
reaved. And the men took their brother Ben- 
jamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, 
and stood before Joseph. 

And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, 
he said to the steward of his house. Bring the 
men into the house, and make ready; for the 
men shall dine with me at noon. And the man 
did as Joseph bade; and brought the men to 
Joseph's house. And when Joseph came home, 
they bowed down themselves to him to the earth. 
And he asked them of their welfare, and said. 
Is your father well, the old man of whom ye 
spake? Is he yet alive? And they said. Thy 
servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And 
they bowed the head, and made obeisance. And 
Joseph lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his 
brother, his mother's son, and said, Is this your 
youngest brother, of whom ye spake unto me? 
And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. 
And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned 
over his brother: and he sought where to weep. 
And when Joseph could not refrain himself be- 
fore all them that stood by him, he cried. Cause 
every man to go out from me. And there stood 
no man with him, while Joseph made himself 
known unto his brethren. 



THE BOOK OF EXODUS 

EXODUS I, II, IV 

Now the children of Israel Increased abun- 
dantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding 
mighty, so that the land was filled with them. 
Wherefore the king of Egypt said, Behold, the 
people of the children of Israel are more and 
mightier than we; come, let us deal wisely with 
them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, 
that, when there falleth out any war, they also 
join themselves unto our enemies and fight 
against us. Therefore did they set over them 
taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. 
But the more they afflicted them, the more they 
multiplied and the more they spread abroad. 
Wherefore Pharaoh charged all his people, say- 
ing. Every son that is bom ye shall cast into the 
river, but every daughter ye shall save alive. 

Now there went a man of the house of Levi, 
and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the 
woman bare a son : and when she knew the com- 
mandment of the king, she hid him three months. 
And when she could not longer hide him, she 
took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed 
it with slime and with pitch; and she put the 
child therein, and laid it in the flags by the 
river's brink. And his sister stood afar off, to 
know what would be done to him. 

Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to 
14 



EXODUS 15 

bathe at the river ; and her maidens walked along 
by the river-side; and she saw the ark among 
the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it. 
And she opened it, and saw the child: and, be- 
hold, the child wept. And she had compassion 
on him, and said. This is one of the Hebrews^ 
children. Then said his sister to Pharaoh's 
daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the 
Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child 
for thee? And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, 
Go. And the maiden went and called the child's 
mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her. 
Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I 
will give thee thy wages. And the woman took 
the child, and nursed it. And the child grew, 
and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, 
and he became her son. And she called his name 
Moses, which is by interpretation. Drawn out; 
For, said she, I drew him out of the water. 

And it came to pass, when Moses was grown 
up, that he fled from the face of Pharaoh, and 
dwelt in the land of Midian. Now the priest of 
Midian had seven daughters: and as Moses was 
sitting by a well, they came and drew water, and 
filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 
And the shepherds came and drave them away; 
but Moses stood up and helped them, and 
watered their flock. 

And when they came to Reuel their father, 
he said. How is it that ye are come so soon to- 
day.? Ajid they said. An Egyptian delivered us 
out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover 
he drew water for us, and watered the flock. 



16 EXODUS 



And he said unto his daughters. And where is 
he? why is it that ye have left the man? call 
him, that he may eat bread. And Moses was 
content to dwell with the man : and he gave Moses 
Zipporah his daughter. And Moses dwelt in the 
land of Midian. 

EXODUS III, IV 

Now Moses was keeping the flock : and he led 
the flock to the back of the wilderness. And the 
angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame 
of fire out of the midst of a bush : and he looked, 
and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the 
bush was not consumed. And Moses said, I 
will turn aside now, and see this great sight, 
why the bush is not burnt. And when the Lord 
saw that he turned aside to see, God called to 
him out of the midst of the bush, and said, 
Moses, Moses. And he said. Here am I. And 
he said. Draw not nigh hither : put off^ thy shoes 
from ofl* thy feet, for the place whereon thou 
standest is holy ground. I am the God of thy 
fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, 
and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face ; 
for he was afraid to look upon God. And the 
Lord said. Behold, the cry of the children of 
Israel is come unto me: and I have seen the op- 
pression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. 
Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto 
Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my peo- 
ple the children of Israel out of Egypt. And 
Moses said. Who am I, that I should go unto 
Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the chil- 



EXODUS 17 



dren of Israel out of Egypt? I am not eloquent, 
neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken 
unto thy servant , but I am slow of speech, and 
of a slow tongue. And the Lord said unto him, 
Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh 
a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it 
not I, the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will 
'be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou 
shalt speak. 

And Moses said. Behold, when I come unto the 
children of Israel, and shall say unto them. The 
God of your fathers hath sent me unto you ; and 
they shall say to me. What is his name? what 
shall I say unto them? And God said unto 
Moses, I AM THAT I AM. This is my name for 
ever, and this is my memorial unto all genera- 
tions. Thus shalt thou say unto them, i am 
hath sent me unto you. Arise therefore, and go : 
have not I commanded thee? 

EXODUS V, VI, XII 

Then went Moses and Aaron in, and told Pha- 
raoh, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, 
that they may serve me. And Pharaoh said. 
Who is the Lord, that I should hearken unto 
his voice to let Israel go ? I know not the Lord, 
neither will I let Israel go. Wherefore do ye, 
Moses and Aaron, hinder the people from their 
works? get you unto your burdens! And the 
same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters 
of the people, and their officers, saying. Ye shall 
no more give the people straw to make brick, as 
heretofore; let them go and gather straw for 



18 EXODUS 

themselves. Yet the number of the bricks, which 
they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them ; 
ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they 
are idle ; therefore cry they, saying. Let us go 
and sacrifice to our God. Let heavier work be 
laid upon the men, that they may labour therein ; 
and let them not regard vain words. So the 
people were scattered abroad throughout all the 
land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. And 
the taskmasters were urgent, saying. Fulfil your 
works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. 
And the officers of the children of Israel were 
beaten. 

Then the officers of the children of Israel came 
and cried unto Pharaoh, saying. Wherefore deal- 
est thou thus with thy servants? There is no 
straw given unto thy servants, and they say to 
us. Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are 
beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. 
But he said. Ye are idle ! ye are idle ! therefore 
ye say. Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord. 
Go therefore now, and work ! for there shall no 
straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the num- 
ber of bricks. And the officers of the children 
of Israel did see that they were in evil case. 
And they met Moses and Aaron as they came 
forth from Pharaoh: and they said unto them, 
The Lord look upon you, and judge; because 
ye have made us to be abhorred in the eyes of 
Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put 
a sword in their hand to slay us. 

And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, 
Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this 



EXODUS 19 

people? why is it that thou hast sent me? For 
since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he 
hath dealt ill with this people; neither hast thou 
delivered thy people at all. And the Lord said 
unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do 
to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let 
my people go, yea, with a strong hand shall he 
drive them out of his land. So will I bring you 
out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, 
and rid you out of their bondage. 

And it came to pass at midnight, that Pharaoh 
called for Moses and Aaron, and said. Rise up, 
get you forth from among my people, both ye 
and the children of Israel; and go, serve the 
Lord, as ye have said. And the Egyptians were 
urgent upon the people, to send them out of the 
land in haste. And the children of Israel rose 
up ; and they came forth out of Egypt by their 
families. 

EXODUS XIII, XL 
(Numbers ix) 

Now it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the 
people go, that God led them not by the way of 
the land of the Philistines, although that was 
near; for he said. Lest peradventure the people 
repent when they see war, and they return to 
Egypt: but God led the people round about, 
by the way of the wilderness. And the Lord 
went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, 
to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar 
of fire, to give them light. So it was alway, 
that there was the cloud by day, and the appear- 



20 EXODUS 



ance of fire by night. And whenever the cloud 
went forward, the children of Israel went on- 
ward, throughout all their j ourney s : and in the 
place where the cloud abode, there they pitched 
their tents. And sometimes the cloud tarried 
from evening until morning ; and when the cloud 
moved forward in the morning, they set forth 
on their journeys: or if it tarried by night and 
by day, when the cloud went forward, they jour- 
neyed: but if the cloud went not forward, then 
they journeyed not till the day that it went for- 
ward. Yea, whether it were two days, or a 
month, or a year, that the cloud tarried, the chil- 
dren of Israel remained in their tents ; but when 
the cloud went forward, they went onward, 
throughout all their journeys. At the com- 
mandment of the Lord they rested in their tents, 
and at the commandment of the Lord they jour- 
neyed. 

EXODUS XIV, XV 

Now when it was told the king of Egypt that 
the children of Israel had fled, the heart of Pha- 
raoh and of his servants was turned against the 
people, and they said. What is this we have done, 
that we have let Israel go from serving us ? And 
he made ready his chariots, and pursued after 
them, and overtook them encamping by the 
sea. 

And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children 
of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the 
Egyptians were marching after them ; and they 
were sore afraid. And they said unto Moses, 
Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast 



EXODUS 21 



thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? 
wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to bring 
us forth out of Egypt? Is not this the word 
that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying. Let 
us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? 
For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, 
than that we should die in the wilderness ! 

And Moses spake all these words unto the 
Lord. And the Lord said unto him. Wherefore 
criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of 
Israel, that they go forward. And thou, lift 
thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand 
over the sea, and divide it: and the children of 
Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry 
ground. 

And it came to pass, that the angel of God, 
who went before the camp of Israel, removed and 
went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud 
removed from before them, and stood behind 
them: and it came between the camp of the 
Egyptians and the camp of Israel ; and it v/as a 
cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light 
by night to these : so that the one came not near 
the other all the night. And Moses stretched 
out his hand over the sea; and the waters were 
divided. And the children of Israel went into 
the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and 
the waters were a wall unto them on their right 
hand, and on their left. Thus the Lord saved 
Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyp- 
tians. 

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel 
this song unto the Lord, saying: 



22 EXODUS 



The Lord is my strength and song, 
And he is become my salvation : 
He is my God, and I will praise him ; 
My father's God, and I will exalt him. 
Thy right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power : 
Yea, thy right hand hath gotten us the vic- 
tory. 

EXODUS XVI 
Deuteronomy viii. Psalm cvii 

Then came all the congregation of the children 
of Israel unto the wilderness of Zin. And they 
murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying. 
Would to God we had died in the land of Egypt, 
when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did 
eat bread to the full! for ye have brought us 
forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole as- 
sembly with hunger. And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, I have heard the murmurings 
of the children of Israel : speak unto them, say- 
ing. In the morning ye shall be filled with bread ; 
and ye shall know that I am the Lord your 
God. 

And it came to pass, that in the morning the 
dew lay round about the camp. And when the 
dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face 
of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, 
as small as the hoar frost on the ground. And 
when the children of Israel saw it, they said 
one to another. Manna: which by interpretation 
is. What is this.'^ for they wist not what it was. 
And Moses said unto them. This is the bread 
which the Lord hath given you to eat. This is 



EXODUS 23 

the thing which the Lord hath commanded. 
Gather of it every man according to his eating, 
an omer for every man, according to the number 
of your persons ; take ye every man for them 
which are in his tents. And the children of 
Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some 
less. And when they did mete it with an omer, 
he that gathered much had nothing over, and 
he that gathered little had no lack ; they gathered 
every man according to his eating. And the 
house of Israel called the name thereof. Manna. 
And the children of Israel did eat manna forty 
years, until they came to a land inhabited; even 
as it is written: 

They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary 
way; 

Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in 
them. 

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trou- 
ble. 

And he delivered them out of their distresses. 

The people asked meat. 

And he satisfied them with food from heaven ; 

That he might humble them. 

And make them to know. 

That man doth not live by bread only. 

But by every word that proceedeth out of the 
mouth of the Lord. 



24. EXODUS 

EXODUS XVII 

(Numbers xx) 

Isaiah xlviii. I Corinthians x. John vii 

Then came the children of Israel, even the 
whole congregation, into the desert of Zin. And 
there was no water for the congregation : and 
they gathered themselves together against Moses 
and against Aaron. And the people strove with 
Moses, and spake, saying. Would God that we 
had died when our brethren died before the 
Lord ! Why have ye brought up the congrega- 
tion of the Lord into this wilderness, that we 
should die here? And wherefore have ye made 
us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us into 
this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, 
or of vines, or of pomegranates ; neither is there 
any water to drink ! 

And Moses went from the presence of the 
assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation, and they fell upon their faces : and 
the glory of the Lord appeared unto them. 
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying. Take 
the rod, and assemble the congregation, thou, 
and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the 
rock before their eyes, that it give forth water; 
and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of 
the rock; so shalt thou give the congregation 
drink. 

And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, 
as he commanded him. And Moses lifted up his 
hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice : 
and water came forth abundantly, and they did 



EXODUS 25 



all drink. So it was that they thirsted not 
when the Lord led them through the deserts : he 
caused waters to flow out of the rock for them ; 
yea, he clave the rock, and fountains gushed 
forth. 

Now these things happened unto them by way 
of figure ; and they were written for our admoni- 
tion. I speak as unto wise men; judge ye what 
I say. For I would not have you ignorant, how 
that our fathers did all drink the same spiritual 
drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that 
followed them; and that rock was Christ. For 
he that believeth, as the scripture hath said, from 
within him shall flow forth streams of living 
water. And he that drinketh of this water shall 
never thirst. 

EXODUS XVII 

And all the congregation of the children 
of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Zin, 
according to the commandment of the Lord, and 
pitched in Rephidim. Then came Amalek, and 
fought with Israel in Rephidim. And Moses 
said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go 
out, fight with Amalek; to-morrow I will stand 
on the top of the hill with the rod of God in 
mine hand. 

So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and 
fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and 
Hur went up to the top of the hill. And it 
came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that 
Israel prevailed : and when he let down his hand, 
Amalek prevailed. But Moses' hands were 
heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under 



26 EXODUS 

him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur 
stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, 
and the other on the other side; and his hands 
were steady until the going down of the sun. 
And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this in 
a book for a memorial, and rehearse it in the 
ears of Joshua, that it be laid up in the hearts of 
the people of the children of Israel for ever. 

EXODUS XVIII 
Deuteronomy i, x, xvi 

And Moses chose from among the people able 
men, such as feared God, men of truth, hating 
unjust gain, and set them over the people to 
judge them at all seasons. And Moses charged 
the judges, saying: 

Hear the causes between your brethren, and 
judge righteously between every man and his 
neighbour and the stranger that is with him. 
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment, but 
ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye 
shall not be afraid of the face of man: for the 
judgment is God's. Neither shalt thou take a 
gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, 
and pervert the cause of the righteous. Take 
heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but 
for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment. 
Wherefore let the fear of the Lord be upon 
you; take heed and do it: for there is no in- 
iquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of 
persons, nor taking of gifts. That which is al- 
together just shalt thou follow, that it may be 
well with thee, and with thy children after thee, 
for ever. 



EXODUS 27 

EXODUS XIX, XX 

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying. 
Write thou these words ; for after the tenor of 
these words I have made a covenant with thee 
and with Israel: 

I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out 
of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bond- 
age. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven 
image, or any likeness of anything that is in the 
heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or 
that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt 
not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: 
for I am the Lord thy God. 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy 
God in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him guilt- 
less that taketh his name in vain. 

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work : 
but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord 
thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, 
nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, 
nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy 
stranger that is within thy gates. 

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy 
days may be long upon the land which the Lord 
thy God giveth thee. 

Thou shalt not kill. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Thou shalt not steal. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy 
neighbour. 



28 EXODUS 



Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, 
thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor 
his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his cat- 
tle, nor anything that is thy neighbour's. 

And the Lord said unto Moses, Ye have seen 
what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare 
you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto my- 
self. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice 
indeed, and keep my covenant, then shall ye be a 
peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for 
all the earth is mine : and ye shall be unto me a 
kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. 

EXODUS XXIV, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIV 

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying. Hew 
thee two tables of stone, and be ready by the 
morning, and come up in the morning unto 
mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me on 
the top of the mount ; and I will give thee com- 
mandments, that thou mayest teach them. And 
no man shall come with thee; neither let any 
man be seen throughout all the mount; neither 
let the flocks nor the herds feed before that 
mount. 

And Moses hewed him two tables of stone ; and 
he rose up early in the morning, and went up 
unto the mount, as the Lord had commanded him. 
And a cloud covered the mount, and the glory 
of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai. And the 
sight of the glory of the Lord was like de- 
vouring fire on the top of the mount. And 
there was under his feet as it were a paved 
work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very 



EXODUS 29 



heaven for clearness. And Moses went up into 
the midst of the cloud, and gat him up to the 
top of the mount. And Moses was there with 
the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did 
neither eat bread, nor drink water, until he had 
made an end of communing with the Lord 
upon mount Sinai. And it came to pass, when 
the Lord had made an end of communing with 
Moses upon mount Sinai, that he gave unto 
Moses the two tables of testimony, even the 
tables of stone, written with the finger of God. 
And the tables were written on both their sides ; 
on the one side and on the other side were they 
written. 

And when Moses came down from mount Sinai 
with the two tables of testimony in his hand, he 
called all the children of Israel, and they came 
nigh unto him; and he gave them in command- 
ment all that the Lord had spoken with him in 
mount Sinai. 

EXODUS XXIII, XXXII 

Now when the people saw that Moses delayed 
to come down from the mount, they gathered 
themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto 
him. Up, make us a god, which shall go before 
us ; for as for this Moses, the man that brought 
us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not 
what is become of him. And Aaron said unto 
them, Break off the golden rings, which are in 
your ears, and bring them unto me. And all 
the people brake off the golden rings which were 
in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 



30 EXODUS 

And he received it at their hand, and fashioned 
it with a graving tool, and made it a molten 
calf: and they said. This is thy God, O Israel, 
which brought thee up out of the land of 
Egypt ! And Aaron built an altar before it ; 
and he made proclamation, and said. To-morrow 
shall be a feast to the Lord. And they rose up 
early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, 
and brought peace offerings ; and the people 
sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to 
play. 

Now after forty days Moses came down from 
the mount. And when Joshua heard the noise of 
the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, 
There is a noise of war in the camp ! And Moses 
said. It is not the voice of them that shout for 
mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry 
for being overcome; but the noise of them that 
sing do I hear. And it came to pass, as soon as 
he came nigh unto the camp that he saw the 
calf and the dancing. And when he was come 
into the camp, Moses took the calf which they 
had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground 
it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, 
and made the people drink of it. 

Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, 
and said. Ye have sinned a great sin ! and now 
I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I 
shall make atonement for your sin. And Moses 
returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people 
have sinned a great sin, and have made them a 
god of gold! Yet now, if thou wilt forgive 
their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee. 



EXODUS 31 

out of thy book which thou hast written. And 
the Lord said unto Moses, Go now, and lead this 
people unto the place of which I have spoken 
unto thee. Behold, I send my Messenger before 
thee, even the angel of my presence, to keep thee 
in the way. Take ye heed before him, and 
hearken unto his voice ; rebel not against him ; for 
if ye rebel against him, it will surely be a snare 
unto thee, as ye have seen this day. 

EXODUS XXXIII, XXXIV 

And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying. If 
now I have found favour in thy sight, shew me, 
I pray thee, thy ways, that I may know thee. 
Shew me, I beseech thee, thy glory. And the 
Lord said. Thou canst not see my face; for man 
shall not see me and live. But, behold, there is 
a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the 
rock: and it shall come to pass, while my 
glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft 
of the rock, and will cover thee with mine hand 
until I have passed by: and I will take away 
mine hand, and thou shalt see my back ; but my 
face shall not be seen. And the Lord descended 
in the cloud, and stood with him there, and pro- 
claimed the name of the Lord. And the Lord 
passed by before him, and proclaimed. The Lord, 
the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuf- 
fering, and abundant in lovingkindness and 
truth; keeping mercy for thousands, and for- 
giving iniquity and transgression. And Moses 
made haste, and bowed his head toward the 
earth, and worshipped. And he said, If now I 



32 EXODUS 

have found favour in thy sight, O Lord, pardon 
our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine 
inheritance. 

EXODUS XXXV, XXXVI 

And Moses gathered the people together, and 
said unto them. Take ye from among you an 
offering unto the Lord, wherewith to make him 
a sanctuary ; whosoever is of a willing heart, let 
him bring it, an offering unto the Lord. And 
they came, every one whose heart stirred him 
up, and every one whose spirit made him willing, 
and brought the Lord's offering to the work of 
the tabernacle of the congregation. And they 
came, both men and women, as many as were 
willing-hearted, and brought gold and silver in 
abundance. And every man, with whom was 
found acacia wood for any work of the service, 
brought it. And all the women that were wise- 
hearted did spin with their hands, and brought 
that which they had spun. Thus they brought 
a freewill offering unto the Lord ; every man and 
woman, whose heart made them willing. 

And Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab, men 
filled with the Spirit of God, in wisdom. In under- 
standing, and in knowledge, and in all manner 
of workmanship ; and to devise skilful works, to 
work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in 
cutting of stones, and in carving of wood, to 
work in all manner of skilful workmanship : and 
they received of Moses all the offering which 
the people had brought for the work of the 
service of the sanctuary. 



THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS 

LEVITICUS XIX, XXVI 
Deuteronomy x, xxii, xxiv 

Now these are the statutes and judgments 
which ye shall observe to do in the land which 
the Lord thy God giveth thee : 

Thou shalt reverence every man his father 
and his mother. Before the hoary head thou 
shalt rise up, and the face of the old man shalt 
thou honour. 

Thou shalt not vex a stranger, nor oppress 
him ; for ye know the heart of a stranger, see- 
ing ye yourselves were strangers in the land of 
Egypt. 

Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that 
is poor and needy, whether he be of thy 
brethren, or of the strangers that are in thy 
land: thou shalt remember that thou wast a 
servant in the land of Egypt. 

Thou shalt not afflict any widow, or father- 
less child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and 
they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their 
cry. 

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine 
heart. Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any 
grudge against the children of thy people, but 
thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. And 
if a stranger sojourn with thee in thy land, he 
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34 LEVITICUS 



shall be unto you as one born among you, and 
thou shalt love him as thyself. 

And now what doth the Lord require of thee, 
but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his 
ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord 
thy God with all thine heart and with all thy 
soul. And it shall come to pass, if ye walk in 
these statutes, and keep these commandments, 
and do them, that the Lord will give peace in 
the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall 
make you afraid. 



THE BOOK OF NUMBERS 

NUMBERS XI 

And it came to pass, that Moses complained 
unto the Lord and said, Wherefore hast thou 
afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not 
found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the 
burden of all this people upon me? Have I 
conceived all this people? have I brought them 
forth, that I should carry them in my bosom as 
a father carrieth the nursing child? I am not 
able to bear all this people alone. 

And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto 
me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom 
thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and 
officers over them ; and bring them unto the tent 
of meeting, that they may stand there with thee. 
And I will come down and talk with thee there: 
and I will take of the Spirit which is upon 
thee, and I will put it upon them ; and they shall 
bear the burden of the people with thee, that 
thou bear it not thyself alone. Is the Lord's 
hand waxed short? now shalt thou see whether 
my word shall come to pass unto thee or not. 

And Moses went out, and told the people the 
words of the Lord : and he gathered seventy men 
of the elders of the people, and set them round 
about the tent. And the Lord came down in 
the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the 
Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the 

35 



36 NUMBERS 



seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when 
the Spirit rested upon them, they began to 
prophesy. 

But there remained two men in the camp, 
who were of them that were written, but had 
not gone out to the tent; the name of the one 
was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: 
and the Spirit rested upon them, and they hke- 
wise began to prophesy. And there ran a young 
man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad 
do prophesy in the camp. And Joshua the son 
of Nun, the servant of Moses, answered and 
said, My lord Moses, forbid them ! But Moses 
said unto him. Art thou jealous for my sake? 
would God that all the Lord's people were 
prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit 
upon them ! 

NUMBERS XIII, XIV 
(Deuteronomy i) 

Then came the children of Israel near unto 
Moses, and said. Let us send men before us to 
spy out the land of Canaan, and bring us word 
again of the way we must go up, and the cities 
unto which we shall come. And the thing pleased 
Moses, and he took twelve men, from each tribe 
a man, and said to them. Get you up this way by 
the South, and go up into the hill-country : and 
see the land, what it is ; and the people that dwell 
therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or 
many; and what cities they be that they dwell 
in, whether in tents, or in strongholds ; and what 
the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether 



NUMBERS 37 



there be wood therein, or not. And be of good 
courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. 
So they went up and spied out the land. 

Now after forty days they returned from 
spying out the land. And they came to Moses 
and to Aaron and to all the children of Israel, 
and brought back word unto them. And they 
said, We came into the land whither thou sent- 
est us ; and surely it floweth with milk and 
honey ; and this is the fruit of it. Howbeit the 
people that dwell in the land are strong, and 
the cities are walled, and very great. And Caleb 
said. Let us go up at once, and possess it ; for 
we are well able to overcome it. But the men 
that went up with him said, We are not able to 
go up against the people ; for they are stronger 
than we. And they brought up an evil report 
of the land which they had spied out, saying. 
The land, through which we have gone to spy it 
out, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants 
thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are 
men of great stature. And there we saw giants : 
and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, 
and so were we in their sight. 

And all the congregation lifted up their 
voice, and cried, and the people wept that night. 
And they murmured against Moses and against 
Aaron, saying. Would that we had died in the 
land of Egypt ! or would that we might die even 
in this wilderness ! And wherefore doth the 
Lord bring us into this land, to fall b}^ the 
sword.? Our wives and our little ones will be a 
prey: were it not better for us to return into 



38 NUMBERS 



Egypt? Let us make a captain, and let us re- 
turn into Egypt! 

Then Joshua and Caleb, which were of them 
that spied out the land, spake unto the children 
of Israel, saying. The land, which we passed 
through to' spy it out, is an exceeding good 
land. If the Lord delight in us, then he will 
bring us into this land, and give it unto us ; a 
land which floweth with milk and honey. Only 
rebel not against the Lord, neither fear the 
people of the land; for the Lord our God is 
with us. 

NUMBERS XXII, XXIII, XXIV 

Now when Balak the king of Moab saw all 
that Israel had done to the Amorites, he was 
sore afraid of the people, and was distressed be- 
cause of the children of Israel. Therefore 
Balak king of the Moabites sent unto Balaam 
the son of Beor, saying, Behold, there is a 
people come out from Egypt : behold, they cover 
the face of the earth, and they abide over against 
me; come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me 
this people ; for they are too mighty for me ; so 
shall I prevail over them, and drive them from 
the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest 
is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. 

So Balaam rose up in the morning, and went 
unto Moab. And when Balak heard that Balaam 
was come, he went out to meet him, and said, 
Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from curs- 
ing me this people ; for I will promote thee unto 
very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou 



NUMBERS 39 



sayest unto me: came therefore, I pray thee, 
curse me this people. And Balaam said unto 
Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee. Also the word 
that God putteth in my mouth, that will I speak. 
But if Balak would give me his house full of 
silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of 
the Lord my God, to do less or more. 

And it came to pass on the morrow, that 
Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into 
an high place, that thence he might see the 
utmost part of the people. And Balaam took 
up his parable, and said: 

Balak the king of Moab hath brought me 

from Aram, 
Saying, Come curse me Jacob, and defy 

me Israel. 
How shall I curse whom God hath not 

cursed ? 
Or how shall I defy whom the Lord hath 

not defied.'^ 
For from the top of the rocks I see him, 
And from the hills I behold him. 
Who can count the dust of Jacob, 
And the number of the fourth part of 

Israel .f^ 
Let me die the death of the righteous, 
And let my last end be like his ! 

And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou 
done unto me? I took thee to curse mine 
enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them al- 
together! And Balaam answered and said, 
Must I not take heed to speak that which the 
Lord hath put in my mouth .^ 



40 NUMBERS 



And Balak said unto him. Come, I pray thee, 
with me into another place, from whence thou 
mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost 
part of them, and shall not see them all; and 
curse me them from thence. And he brought 
Balaam into the field of Zophim, to the top of 
Pisgah. And Balak said unto him. What hath 
the Lord now spoken? And Balaam took up his 
parable, and said: 

Rise up, Balak, and hear; 

Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor. 

God is not a man, that he should lie ; 

Neither the son of man, that he should re- 
pent: 

Hath he said, and shall he not do it? 

Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make 
it good? 

Behold, I have received commandment to 
bless ; 

Yea, he hath blessed ; and I cannot reverse 
it. 

Then Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse 
thou them at all, nor bless them at all ! But 
Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not 
I thee, saying. All that the Lord speaketh, that 
must I do? 

Then was Balak's anger kindled against 
Balaam, and he smote his hands together, and 
said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine 
enemies, and I was minded to reward thee richly. 
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not unto 
thee, saying. If Balak would give me his house 



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full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the 
commandment of the Lord, to do either good or 
bad of mine own mind ? but what the Lord saith, 
that I will speak. 

NUMBERS XXXII 
Romans 

Now the children of Reuben and the children 
of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle. 
When therefore they saw the land of Jazer, and 
the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was 
a place for cattle, they came and spake unto 
Moses, saying. Behold, this is a place for cattle; 
and thy servants have cattle. If now we have 
found favour in thy sight, let this land be given 
unto thy servants for a possession ; bring us not 
over the Jordan with our brethren. 

And Moses said unto them, Shall your 
brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? And 
wherefore discourage ye your brethren from 
going over into the land which the Lord hath 
given them? Thus did your fathers, when I 
sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. 
For when they went up unto the valley of 
Eschol, and saw the land, they discouraged the 
heart of their brethren, that they should not go 
into the land which the Lord had given them; 
so they wandered to and fro in the wilderness 
forty years. And, behold, ye are risen up in 
your fathers' stead, to sin against the Lord by 
discouraging the heart of thy brethren ! And 
if ye turn away from them, then shall these thy 
brethren also be left to wander in the wilderness. 



42 NUMBERS 



Then came they near unto Moses, and said, 
This will thy servants do: We will build sheep- 
folds here for our cattle, and cities for our little 
ones ; but we ourselves will go before our brethren 
until we have brought them unto their place. 
We will not return to our houses, until every 
man of them has entered into his inheritance. 
And Moses said unto them, If ye will surely do 
this thing, ye shall be guiltless towards the Lord, 
and towards thy brethren ; and this land shall 
bo unto you for a possession, as ye have said. 
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned 
against the Lord ; and be sure your sin will find 
you out. Ye shall therefore go before your 
brethren, and help them ; until the Lord have 
given rest to your brethren, even as he hath 
given you. 

For we that are strong ought to help them 
that are weak ; not looking each one to his own 
things, but each one also to the things of others. 
For he that herein serveth his neighbour is well- 
pleasing to God, and approved of men. 



THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY 

DEUTERONOMY IV 

Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordi- 
nances, even as the Lord my God commanded 
me. Keep therefore and do them ; for this is 
your wisdom and your understanding in the 
sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these 
statutes, and say. Surely this great nation is 
a wise and understanding people. For what 
great nation is there, that hath God so nigh unto 
them, as the Lord our God is whensoever we call 
upon him ? And what great nation is there, that 
hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all 
this law, which I set before you this day? For 
ask now of the days that are past, which were 
before thee, since the day that God created man 
upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven 
unto the other, whether there hath been any 
such thing as this great thing is, or hath been 
heard like it? Did ever a people hear the voice 
of God as thou hast heard? Or hath God as- 
sayed to go and take him a nation from the 
midst of another nation, by a mighty hand, and 
by an outstretched arm, according to all that 
the Lord your God did for you? Unto thee it 
was shewed, that thou mightest know that the 
Lord he is God; there is none else besides him. 
Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, 
that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he 

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made thee to see his great works. And because 
he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their 
children after them, and brought thee out with 
his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt ; 
to bring thee in, to give thee this land for an 
inheritance, as at this day. 

Know therefore this day, and lay it to thine 
heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above 
and upon the earth beneath; there is none else. 
And thou shalt keep his statutes and his com- 
mandments, that it may go well with thee, and 
with thy children after thee, and that thou 
mayest prolong thy days for ever. 

DEUTERONOMY VI, XI 

Now this is the commandment which the Lord 
thy God commanded to teach you, that ye may 
live. Ye shall not add unto the word which I 
command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, 
that ye may keep the commandment of the Lord 
thy God. Hear, O Israel : The Lord our God 
is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy 
God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, 
and with all thy might. 

And these words, which I command thee this 
day, thou shalt lay up in thine heart and in thy 
soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon 
thine hand, and they shall be for frontlets be- 
tween thine eyes. And thou shalt write them 
upon the door-posts of thine house, and upon thy 
gates. And thou shalt teach them diligently 
unto thy children, talking of them when thou 
sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by 



DEUTERONOMY 45 

the way, and when thou liest down, and when 
thou risest up; that thy days, and the days of 
thy children, may be even as the days of heaven 
upon earth. 

DEUTERONOMY VIII, X, XV 

Beware lest thou forget the Lord thy God, In 
not keeping his commandments, which I com- 
mand thee this day. Take heed to yourselves 
lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast 
built goodly houses, and dwelt therein ; and when 
thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver 
and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast 
is multiplied ; then thine heart be lifted up above 
thy brethren, and thou forget the commandment 
of the Lord thy God. 

If therefore there be within thy gates any 
man waxen poor, or fallen in decay, thou shalt 
not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand 
from thy poor brother ; but thou shalt open thine 
hand wide unto him, and shalt surely help him : 
yea, though he be a stranger or a sojourner 
among you. Beware that there be not a wicked 
thought in thine heart, and thine eye be evil 
against thy poor brother, and thou give him 
nought ; and he cry unto the Lord against thee. 
Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall 
not be grieved when thou givest unto him; be- 
cause that for this thing the Lord thy God hath 
blessed thee. 

And now what doth the Lord require of thee, 
but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his 
ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord 



46 DEUTERONOMY 

thy God with all thine heart and with all thy 
soul? For the Lord thy God is God of gods, 
and Lord of lords, a God great, glorious, and 
mighty, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh 
reward: he doth execute justice for the father- 
less and the widow, and loveth the stranger, in 
giving him food and raiment. Thou therefore 
shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his com- 
mandments, alway. 

DEUTERONOMY XVIII 
Jeremiah, Ezekiel 

The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a 
prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren ; 
and will put his words in his mouth, and he shall 
speak unto thee all that the Lord shall com- 
mand him. And it shall come to pass, that who- 
soever will not hearken unto the words which he 
shall speak, it shall be required of him. 

And if thou say in thine heart, How shall 
we know the prophet, that the Lord hath sent 
him? hereby shall ye know: The prophet that 
prophesieth of peace, of truth, and of righteous- 
ness, when the word of the prophet shall come to 
pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the 
Lord hath truly sent him. And w^hen this Com- 
eth to pass (behold, it will come), then shall ye 
know that a prophet hath been among you. 

DEUTERONOMY VIII, XXVI 

When the Lord thy God hath brought thee in 
unto the land which he promised unto thy fath- 
ers, thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the 



DEUTERONOMY 47 

good land which he giveth thee. For the Lord 
thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land 
of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, 
flowing forth in valleys and hills; a land of 
wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and 
pomegranates ; a land of olive trees and honey ; a 
land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarce- 
ness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it ; a land 
whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills 
thou may est dig copper. Beware lest, when thou 
hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly 
houses, and dwelt therein ; then thine heart be 
lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God. 

When therefore thou art come unto the land 
which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and dwellest 
therein, thou shalt take of the first of all the 
fruit of the land, and thou shalt put it in a 
basket, and shalt go unto the priest that shall 
be in those days, and say unto him, I profess 
this day unto the Lord, that I am come unto the 
land which the Lord promised unto our fathers 
to give us. And the priest shall take the basket 
out of thine hand, and set it down before the 
altar of the Lord thy God. Then shalt thou 
answer and say before the Lord thy God, A 
Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he 
went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few 
in number; and he became there a nation, great, 
mighty, and populous. And the Egyptians 
dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon 
us hard bondage: and we cried unto the Lord, 
the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our 
voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and 



48 DEUTERONOMY 

our oppression ; and the Lord brought us forth 
out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an 
outstretched arm; and he hath brought us into 
this place, and hath given us this land, a land 
flowing with milk and honey. And now, behold, 
I have brought the first of the fruit of the land, 
which thou, O Lord, hast given me. Look down 
from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless 
thy people, and the land which thou hast given 
us. 

So shalt thou bless the Lord thy God for 
the good land which he hath given thee, and wor- 
ship before the Lord thy God. 

DEUTERONOMY XXVIII, XXIX, XXX 

Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord 
your God; your heads, your tribes, your elders, 
and your officers, your little ones, your wives, 
and the stranger that is within thy gates; that 
thou mayest enter into the covenant of the Lord 
thy God, that he may establish thee this day for 
a people unto' himself. 

Beware lest there be any man or woman among 
you whose heart turneth away this day from the 
Lord our God ; and he say within himself, I shall 
have peace, though I walk in the imagination of 
my wicked heart. For if ye will not hearken 
unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to' keep this 
covenant and to observe to do all his command- 
ments, ye shall find no ease, neither rest ; but ye 
shall have a trembling heart, and pining of soul ; 
and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and 
thou shalt fear night and day, and shalt have 



DEUTERONOMY 49 

none assurance of thy life. In the morning thou 
shalt say. Would it were even ! and at even thou 
shalt say. Would it were morning ! for the fear 
of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and 
for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 
But if thou shalt cleave unto these statutes and 
keep this covenant, then shall the Lord thy God 
open unto thee his good treasure, and shall make 
thee plenteous in every good work, and shall re- 
joice over thee for good: if thou shalt hearken 
unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep this 
covenant and this commandment, to love the 
Lord thy God wdth all thine heart and with all 
thy soul. 

For this commandment which I command thee 
this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither 
is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou 
shouldest say. Who shall go up for us to heaven, 
and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, 
that we may do it.^ Neither is it beyond the 
sea, that thou shouldest say. Who shall go over 
the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us 
to hear it, that we may do it.^ But the word is 
very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thine 
heart, that thou mayest do it. 

See, I have set before thee this day life and 
good, and death and evil; in that I command 
thee this day to love the Lord thy God, and to 
walk in his ways. I call heaven and earth to 
witness against you this day, that I have set 
before thee life and death, the blessing and the 
curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest 
live, thou and thy children; to love the Lord 



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thy God, to obey his voice, and to cleave unto 
him; for this is thy life, and the length of thy 
days. 

DEUTERONOMY XXXI 
Numbers xxvii. Joshua i 

And Moses prayed unto the Lord, saying, Let 
the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, ap- 
point a man over the congregation, who may go 
out before them, and who may come in before 
them, and who may lead them ; that the congre- 
gation of the Lord be not as sheep which have 
no shepherd. And the Lord said. Take thee 
Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the 
Spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; and set 
him before all the congregation ; and give him a 
charge in their sight. 

And Moses did as the Lord commanded him; 
and he called unto him Joshua, and set him be- 
fore all the congregation, and laid his hands 
upon him, and gave him a charge. And Moses 
said unto Joshua in the sight of all the congre- 
gation : 

Be strong and of good courage: for thou 
must go with this people unto the land which 
the Lord hath sworn unto their fathers to give 
them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. 
And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee ; 
he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither 
will he forsake thee. Only be thou strong and 
very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do 
according to all the law: turn not from it to 
the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest 



DEUTERONOMY 61 

prosper whithersoever thou goest. This book 
of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; 
but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, 
that thou mayest observe to do according to all 
that is written therein : for then shalt thou make 
thy way prosperous, and shalt have good suc- 
cess. Be strong and of good courage; fear 
not, neither be thou dismayed : for the Lord thy 
God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. 

DEUTERONOMY XXXIII 

And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the 
man of God blessed the children of Israel before 
his death. And he said: 

There is none like unto the God of Jes- 

hurun for help. 
Who rideth upon the heavens, 
And in his majesty on the skies. 
The eternal God is thy refuge. 
And underneath are the everlasting arms. 

Happy art thou, O Israel! 

Who is like unto thee, a people saved by 

the Lord, 
Who also is the shield of thy help, 
And the sword of thine excellency! 
Thou shalt be shod with iron and brass; 
And as thy days, so shall thy strength be. 

DEUTERONOMY XXXII, XXXIV 

Numbers xxvii 

And the Lord spake unto Moses that self- 
same day, saying, Get thee up into this mountain 



52 DEUTERONOMY 

of Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the 
land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and 
behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the 
children of Israel for a possession. And thou 
shalt see the land before thee ; but thou shalt not 
go thither: for in the mount whither thou goest 
up shalt thou die, and be gathered unto thy 
fathers ; as Aaron thy brother died in mount 
Hor, and was gathered unto his fathers. 

And Moses went up from the plains of Moab 
unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is 
over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him 
all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, and all Nap- 
thali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, 
and all the land of Judah, unto the western sea, 
and the south, and the plain of the valley of 
Jericho, the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar. And 
the Lord said unto him, This is the land which 
I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto 
Jacob, saying. Unto thy children will I give it. 
I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes ; but 
thou shalt not go over thither. So Moses the 
servant of the Lord died there in the land of 
Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And 
he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, 
over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of 
his sepulchre unto this day. 

And Moses was an hundred and twenty years 
old when he died : his eye was not dim, nor his 
natural force abated. And the children of Israel 
wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty 
days. And there hath not arisen a prophet since 
in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew 
face to face. 



THE BOOK OF JOSHUA 

JOSHUA VI 

Now the gates of Jericho were straitly shut 
up because of the children of Israel : none went 
out and none came in. And the Lord spake 
unto Joshua the son of Nun, saying, I have 
given this city into thine hand. Take therefore 
seven priests, and let them bear seven trumpets 
of rams' horns before the ark of the covenant, 
and let the priests blow the trumpets. And ye 
shall compass the city, going round about it once. 
Thus shalt thou do six days ; and the seventh 
day ye shall compass the city seven times. And 
it shall be, that, when the priests make a long 
blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the 
sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout 
with a great shout ; and the wall of the city shall 
fall down of itself. 

And Joshua called the priests, and said unto 
them, Take up the ark of the Lord, and let 
seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns 
before the ark of the Lord. And he said unto 
the people. Pass on, and compass the city. Ye 
shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, 
neither shall any word proceed out of your 
mouth, until the day I bid you shout ; then shall 
ye shout. And it was so, that, when Joshua had 
spoken unto the people, the seven priests bear- 
ing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before 

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the ark of the Lord passed on, and blew the 
trumpets. So he caused the ark of the Lord 
to compass the city, going about it once: and 
they came into the camp, and lodged there. 
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the 
priests took up the ark of the Lord. And the 
seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' 
horns before the ark of the Lord went on con- 
tinually, and blew the trumpets. And the sec- 
ond day they compassed the city once, and re- 
turned into the camp : so they did six days. 

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that 
they rose early about the dawning of the day, 
and compassed the city after the same manner 
seven times. And it came to pass at the seventh 
time, when the priests blew the trumpets, that 
Joshua said unto the people. Shout ! for the Lord 
hath given you the city. So the people shouted, 
and the priests blew the trumpets: and it came 
to pass, when the people heard the sound of the 
trumpet, that the people shouted with a great 
shout, and the wall of Jericho fell down of it- 
self, so that the people went up into the city, 
every man straight before him, and they took 

the city. 

JOSHUA XXIV 

And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel 
to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, 
and for their heads, and for their judges, and 
for their officers; and they presented themselves 
there before God. 

And Joshua spake unto all the people, saying, 
Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River ; 



JOSHUA 55 



and they served other gods. And now, behold, 
the Lord hath given you a land whereon thou 
didst not labour, and cities which ye built not, 
and ye dwell therein ; of vineyards and oliveyards 
which ye planted not do ye eat. Now therefore 
fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in 
truth; and put away the gods which your fath- 
ers served beyond the River, and in Egypt ; and 
serve ye the Lord. And if it seem evil in your 
sight to serve the Lord, choose you this day 
whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your 
fathers served that were beyond the River, or 
the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : 
but as for me and my house, we will serve the 
Lord. And the people answered and said. Far 
be it from us that we should forsake the Lord, 
to serve other gods ; for the Lord our God, he 
it is that brought us and our fathers up out of 
the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, 
and preserved us in all the way wherein we went. 
Therefore we also will serve the Lord ; for he is 
our God. 

And Joshua said unto all the people. The 
Lord, he is an holy God; if ye forsake him, it 
will turn to your hurt. And the people said 
unto Joshua, Nay! but we will serve the Lord. 
The Lord our God will we serve, and unto his 
voice will we hearken. And Joshua said unto the 
people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that 
ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And 
they said, We are witnesses. And Joshua took 
a great stone, and set it up under the oak that 
was by the sanctuary of the Lord. And he said 



56 JOSHUA 



unto all the people. Behold, this stone shall be a 
witness against you, lest ye deny your God. 

So Joshua made a covenant with the people 
that day, and set them a statute and an ordi- 
nance in Shechem. 



THE BOOK OF JUDGES 

JUDGES VII 

Now the Midianites came up against Israel, 
as locusts for number: and they came into the 
land to destroy it. And Israel was brought very 
low because of Midian. Wherefore Gideon, and 
all the people that were with him, rose up early, 
and encamped beside the spring of Harod: and 
the camp of Midian was on the north side of 
them, in the valley. 

And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people 
that are with thee are too many for me to give 
the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt 
themselves against me, saying. Mine own hand 
hath saved me. Now therefore proclaim in the 
ears of the people, saying. Whosoever is fearful 
and trembling, let him return and depart. And 
there returned of the people twenty and two 
thousand; and there remained ten thousand. 
And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people are 
yet too many ; bring them down unto the water, 
and I will try them for thee there: and it shall 
be, that of whom I say unto thee. This shall go 
with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of 
whomsoever I say unto thee. This shall not go 
with thee, the same shall not go. So Gideon 
brought down the people unto the water; and 
the iord said unto him. Every one that standeth 
and lifteth the water to his mouth with his hand 

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and lappeth of the water from his hand as a 
dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself ; like- 
wise every one that boweth down upon his knees 
to drink. And the number of them that lapped, 
lifting their hand to their mouth, was three hun- 
dred men: but all the rest of the people bowed 
down upon their knees to drink. And the Lord 
said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that 
lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midian- 
ites into thine hand; and let all the other people 
go every man unto his place. So Gideon sent 
all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, but 
retained the three hundred men. 

And Gideon divided the three hundred men 
into three companies, and he put into the hands 
of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, 
with torches within the pitchers. And he said 
unto them. Look on me, and do likewise; and, 
behold, when I come to the outermost part of 
the camp of the Midianites, it shall be that, as 
I do, so shall ye do. When I blow the trumpet, 
I and all that are with me, then blow ye the 
trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and 
cry. The sword of the Lord and of Gideon ! 

Then Gideon, and they that were with him, 
came unto the outermost part of the camp in the 
beginning of the middle watch, when they had 
but newly set the watch : and they blew the trum- 
pets, and brake in pieces the pitchers that were 
in their hands. And the three companies blew 
the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held 
the torches in their left hands, and the trutnpets 
in their right hands wherewith to blow; and 



JUDGES 59 



they cried, The sword of the Lord and of Gid- 
eon! And they stood every man in his place 
round about the camp ; and all the host of the 
Midianites ran, and cried, and fled. And the 
three hundred blew the trumpets, and scattered 
abroad the hosts of the Midianites. 

So it was that day, that the Lord delivered 
Israel from the hosts of the Midianites by the 
hand of Gideon, and the three hundred men that 
lapped. 

JUDGES VIII, IX 
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes 

Now it came to pass as soon as Gideon was 
dead, that Abimelech went to Shechem, and spake 
with the men of Shechem, saying, Speak, I pray 
you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, and 
say. Whether is better for you, that all the sons 
of Gideon, who are threescore and ten persons, 
rule over you, or that one rule over you.^ re- 
member also that I am your bone and your flesh. 
And they spake of Abimelech in the ears of all 
the men of Shechem all these words: and their 
hearts inclined to follow Abimelech. Moreover 
Abimelech hired vain and light persons, who fol- 
lowed him. And all the men of Shechem assem- 
bled themselves together, and went and made 
Abimelech king. 

And when it was told Jotham, he went and 
stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted 
up his voice, and cried, and said unto them: 

Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, and 
hear ye this parable. The trees went forth on 



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a time to anoint a king over them ; and they 
said unto the oHve-tree, Reign thou over us. 
But the oHve-tree said unto them, Should I 
leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour 
God and man, and go to wave to and fro over 
the trees? And the trees said to the fig-tree, 
Come thou, and reign over us. But the fig- 
tree said unto them, Should I leave my sweet- 
ness, and my good fruit, and go to wave to and 
fro over the trees .^ And the trees said unto the 
vine. Come thou, and reign over us. And the 
vine said unto them. Should I leave my new 
wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to 
wave to and fro over the trees? Then said all 
the trees unto the bramble. Come thou, and 
reign over us. And the Jbramble said unto the 
trees. If in truth ye anoint me king over you, 
then come and take refuge in my shade ; and 
if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and 
devour the cedars of Lebanon. Now, therefore, 
if ye have done truly and uprightly, in that ye 
have made Abimelech king, then rejoice ye in 
Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you: but 
if not, know of a truth that ye have done fool- 
ishly in that ye have made this man to reign 
over you. 

For thus it is written : 

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king committeth 
wickedness, 

And thy rulers are light and treacherous per- 
sons! 

Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the 
son of nobles. 



JUDGES 61 



And thy rulers are men of righteousness ! 

For when the righteous are in authority, the 

people rejoice: 
But when the wicked beareth rule, the land 

moumeth. 

JUDGES XY, XVI 

Then three thousand of the men of Judah 
went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, 
whither Samson had fled, and said unto Samson, 
We are come down to bind thee, that we may 
deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. 
And Samson said unto them. Swear unto me, 
that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. And 
they spake unto him, saying. No ; but we will 
bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand. 
And they bound him with two new ropes, and 
brought him up from the rock. 

Now as they led Samson toward the city, a 
band of Philistines met him, and shouted against 
him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily 
upon him, and the ropes that were upon his 
arms became as flax that is burnt with fire, and 
the bands dropped from off* his hands. 

When the Philistines saw this, they went unto 
a woman in Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 
And they said unto her. Entice him, and see 
wherein his great strength lieth, and by what 
means we may prevail against him, that we may 
bind him ; and we will give thee eleven hundred 
pieces of silver. 

And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray 
thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and 



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wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said 
unto her. If they bind me with seven new bow- 
strings that were never dried, then shall I become 
weak, and be as another man. Then the Philis- 
tines brought up to her seven new bowstrings 
which had not been dried, and she bound him 
with them. Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in 
the inner chamber. And she said unto him. The 
Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he 
brake the bowstrings, as a string of tow is 
broken when it toucheth the fire. So the secret 
of his strength was not known. 

And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou 
hast mocked me, and told me lies ; now tell me, I 
pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. 
And he said unto her. If they only bind me with 
new ropes wherewith no work hath been done, 
then shall shall I become weak, and be as another 
man. So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him 
therewith, and said unto him. The Philistines are 
upon thee, Samson ! And the liers-in-wait were 
abiding in the inner chamber. And he brake the 
ropes from off his arms like a thread. 

And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou 
hast mocked me, and told me lies ! tell me where- 
with thou mightest be bound. And he said unto 
her. If thou weavest the seven locks of my head 
with the web. And she fastened it with the pin, 
and said unto him. The Philistines are upon thee, 
Samson! And he awaked out of his sleep, and 
plucked away the pin of the beam, and the web. 
And Delilah said unto Samson, These three 
times hast thou mocked me, and hast not told me 



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wherein thy great strength Heth. And it came 
to pass, when she pressed him daily with her 
words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed 
unto death. And he told her all his heart, and 
said unto her. It is because of my vow. There 
hath not come a razor upon my head ; for I have 
been a Nazirite unto God from my birth; but if 
I break my vow and be shaven, then will my 
strength go from me, and I shall become weak, 
and be like any other man. 

And when Delilah saw that Samson had told 
her all his heart, she sent and called for the Phil- 
istines, saying. Come up this once, for he hath 
told me all his heart. Then the Philistines came 
up unto her, and brought the money in their 
hand. And when she had caused Samson to 
sleep, she called for the men, and shaved off the 
seven locks of his head. Then she began to 
afflict him, and said, The Philistines are upon 
thee, Samson ! And he awoke out of his sleep, 
and said, I will go out as at other times, and 
shake myself free. But he wist not that his 
strength had left him, and that the Spirit of 
the Lord was departed from him. And the Phil- 
istines laid hold on him, and brought him down 
to Gaza; and Samson did grind in the prison- 
house. 



THE FIRST BOOK 
OF SAMUEL 

I SAMUEL II, III 

Now Samuel began to minister unto the Lord 
before Eli the priest, being a child, girded with 
a linen ephod. Moreover his mother made him 
a little robe, and brought it to him from year 
to year, when she came up with her husband to 
offer the yearly sacrifice. And the child Samuel 
grew on, and increased in favour. 

Now the word of the Lord was rare in those 
days ; there was no frequent vision. And it came 
to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in 
his place, and Samuel was laid down to sleep, in 
the temple of the Lord, that the Lord called 
Samuel. Howbeit Samuel did not know the 
Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet re- 
vealed unto him. And he ran unto Eli, and 
said. Here am I; for thou calledst me. And 
Eli said, I called not; lie down again. And he 
went and lay down. And the Lord called yet 
again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to 
Eli, and said. Here am I ; for thou didst call me. 
And he answered, I called not, my son ; lie down 
again. And the Lord called Samuel again the 
third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and 
said. Here am I; for thou didst call me! And 
Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child. 
Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down; 
and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt 

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I SAMUEL 65 



say, Speak, Lord ; for thy servant heareth. So 
Samuel went and lay down in his place. And 
the Lord came, and called as at other times, Sam- 
uel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered. Speak, 
Lord ; for thy servant heareth. 

And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened 
the doors of the house of the Lord. Then Eli 
called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And 
he answered, Here am I. And he said, What is 
the thing that the Lord hath spoken unto thee? 
And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing 
from him. And Eli said, It is the Lord; let him 
do what seemeth him good. 

And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, 

and did let none of his words fall to the ground. 

And all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba knew 

that Samuel was established to be a prophet of 

the Lord. 

I SAMUEL IX, X, XI 

There was a man of Benjamin, whose name 
was Kish; and he had a son, whose name was 
Saul, a young man and a goodly : yea, there was 
not among the children of Israel a goodlier per- 
son than he. And the asses of Saul's father were 
lost. And Kish said to Saul his son. Take now 
one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek 
the asses. And Saul passed through the hill- 
country of Ephraim, and passed through the 
land of Shalisha, but they found them not : then 
they passed through the land of Shaalim, and 
there they were not : and he passed through the 
land of the Benjamites, but they found them 
not. 



66 I SAMUEL 



And when they were come to the land of Zuph, 
Saul said to his servant. Come, and let us re- 
turn, lest my father leave off caring for the 
asses, and be anxious for us. And the servant 
said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city 
a man of God, and he is a man that is held in 
honour; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: 
now let us go thither; peradventure he can tell 
us concerning our journey whereon we go. And 
Saul said to his servant. Well said ; come, let us 
go. So they went unto the city where the man 
of God was. 

And when they were come into the citj^, be- 
hold, Samuel, the man of God, came out against 
them, on his way to the high place. Now the 
Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day before, 
sajang. To morrow about this time I will send 
thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and 
thou shalt anoint him to be ruler over my people. 
When therefore Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said 
unto him. Behold, the man whom I spake to thee 
of! this same shall reign over my people. Then 
Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said. 
Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is. 
And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the 
seer. But as for thine asses that were lost three 
days ago, set not thy mind on them ; for they 
are found. And on whom is all the desire of 
Israel? Is it not on thee? And Saul answered 
and said. Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest 
of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least 
of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? 
wherefore then speakest thou to me after this 
manner ? 



I SAMUEL 67 



And as they were going down to the end of the 
city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass 
on before us (and he passed on), but stand thou 
still awhile, that I may cause thee to hear the 
word of God. Then Samuel took a vial of oil, 
and poured it upon Saul's head, and said. Surely 
the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over 
his inheritance. And thou shalt rule the people 
of the Lord, and shalt save them out of the hand 
of their adversaries. And thou shalt go on be- 
fore me; and I will come unto thee, and shew 
thee what thou shalt do. 

Then Samuel called the people together unto 
the Lord; but when they sought Saul, he could 
not be found. And it was told. Behold, he 
hath hid himself among the baggage. And they 
ran and fetched him thence ; and when he stood 
among the people, he was higher than any of the 
people from his shoulders and upward. And 
Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom 
the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him 
among all the people. So they made Saul king 
before the Lord; and all the men of Israel re- 
joiced greatly. 

I SAMUEL X 
Ezekiel xxxvi 

Now as Samuel and Saul were going down to 
the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Stand 
thou still awhile, that I may cause thee to hear 
the word of God. And Samuel took a vial of oil, 
and poured it upon Saul's head, and said. Surely 
the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over 



68 I SAMUEL 



his inheritance. And thou, when thou art de- 
parted from me, shalt meet a band of prophets ; 
and they will be prophesying: and the Spirit 
of the Lord shall come upon thee, and thou shalt 
prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into 
another man. 

And it was so, that, when Saul had turned his 
back to go from Samuel, God gave him another 
heart. And as he went on his way, behold, a 
band of prophets met him ; and the Spirit of 
God came mightily upon him, and he prophesied 
among them. And it came to pass, when all 
that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he 
prophesied with the prophets, then the people 
said one to another. What is this that is come 
unto the son of Kish.? And they were all 
amazed. 

Thus was fulfilled the word of the Lord, say- 
ing: 

A new heart will I give you. 
And a new spirit will I put within you: 
And I will take away the stony heart. 
And I will give you an heart of flesh. 
And I will put my Spirit within you, 
That ye may fear me for ever. 

I SAMUEL XV 

And Samuel came unto Saul, and said to him^ 
Hearken thou unto the word of the Lord. Thus 
saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which 
Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him 
in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 



I SAMUEL 69 



Now, therefore, go and punish Amalek ; but take 
heed that thou take from them no spoil, neither 
ox nor ass nor sheep nor camel. And Saul 
gathered the people together, and went and 
smote the Amalekites. But Saul and bis men 
took for themselves spoil, even the best of the 
sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and 
the lambs; but everything that was vile and re- 
fuse, that they took not. 

And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the 
morning. And Samuel came to Saul ; and Saul 
said unto him. Blessed be thou of the Lord: I 
have performed the commandment of the Lord. 
And Samuel said. What meaneth then this bleat- 
ing of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing 
of the oxen which I hear? And Saul said. They 
have brought them from the Amalekites ; for the 
people took the best of the sheep and of the 
oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God. And 
the Spirit of the Lord came upon Samuel, and 
he said: 

The Lord loveth righteousness. 

And hateth robbery for a burnt offering. 

Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt 

offerings and sacrifices. 
As in obeying the voice of the Lord? 
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice. 
And to hearken than the fat of many 

beasts. 

I SAMUEL XVI 

Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from 
Saul, and an evil spirit troubled him. And 



70 I SAMUEL 



Saul's servants said unto him, behold now an evil 
spirit troubleth thee. Let our lord therefore 
command thy servants, that are before thee, to 
seek out a man who is a skilful player on the 
harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil 
spirit is upon thee, that he shall play with his 
hand, and thou shalt be well. And Saul said 
unto his servants, Provide me now a man that 
can play well, and bring him to me. Then an- 
swered one of the young men, and said. Behold, 
I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, 
that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of 
valour, and withal a comely person; and the 
Lord is with him. 

Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, 
and said. Send me David thy son, who is with 
the sheep. And Jesse took bread, and a bottle 
of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his 
son unto Saul. And David came to Saul, and 
stood before him: and Saul loved him greatly. 
And it came to pass, when the evil spirit was 
upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played 
with his hand: and the evil spirit departed from 
him; and Saul was refreshed, and was well. 

I SAMUEL XVI 
Psalm Ixxviii 

And the word of the Lord came unto Samuel, 
saying, Fill thine horn with oil, and go: I will 
send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite; for I have 
provided me a king among his sons. Take 
therefore an heifer with thee, and go up to sac- 
rifice unto the Lord. And call Jesse to the 



I SAMUEL 71 



sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt 
do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I 
name unto thee. And Samuel did that which the 
Lord spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And he 
sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to 
the sacrifice. 

And it came to pass, when they were come, 
that Samuel looked on Eliab, and said. Surely 
the Lord's anointed is before me ! But the Lord 
said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, 
or on the height of his stature; because I have 
rej ected him : for the Lord seeth not as man 
seeth; for man looketh on the outward appear- 
ance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. Then 
Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass be- 
fore Samuel. And he said. Neither hath the 
Lord chosen this. Then Jesse made Shammah 
to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord 
chosen this. And Jesse made seven of his sons 
to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto 
Jesse, None of these hath the Lord chosen. 
And he said unto Jesse, Are here all thy sons.'^ 
And he said. There remaineth yet the youngest ; 
but, behold, he is tending the sheep. And Sam- 
uel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him ; for we 
will not sit down till he come hither. And Jesse 
sent, and brought him in. And the Lord said 
to Samuel, Arise, anoint him; for this is he. 
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed 
David in the midst of his brethren to be king 
over Israel ; even as it is written : 



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He chase David to be his servant. 

And took him from the sheepfolds: 

Yea, from following the sheep he brought 

him ; 
To be the shepherd of his people, 
That he might be their shepherd 
According to the integrity of his heart. 

I SAMUEL XVII 

Now there went out a champion out of the 
camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, whose 
height was six cubits and a span. And he had 
an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was 
clad with a coat of mail ; and the weight of the 
coat was five thousand shekels of brass. And 
he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a 
javelin of brass between his shoulders. And 
the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam ; 
and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels 
of iron: and his shield-bearer went before him. 
And he stood and cried unto the armies of 
Israel, and said. Choose you a man for you, and 
let him come down to me. If he be able to fight 
with me, and to prevail, then will we be your 
servants ; but if I prevail against him, then shall 
ye be our servants. And all the men of Israel, 
when they saw the man, were sore afraid, and 
fled from him. But David said. Let no man's 
heart fail because of him; thy servant will go 
and fight with this Philistine. 

And this word was brought to the ear of the 
king, and Saul sent for David, and said to him, 
Thou art not able to go alone against this 



I SAMUEL 73 



Philistine; for thou are but a youth, and he a 
man of war from his youth. So Saul clad 
David with his apparel, and he put an helmet 
of brass upon his head, and he clad him with a 
coat of mail, and girded his sword upon his 
apparel ; and David assayed to go. And David 
said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I 
have not proved them. And David put them off 
him. And he took his staff in his hand, and 
chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, 
and put them in the shepherd's bag which he 
had; and his sling was in his hand: and he 
drew near to the Philistine. 

And the Philistine came on and drew near 
unto David; and the man that bare the shield 
went before him. And when the Philistine 
looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; 
for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal 
of a fair countenance. And the Philistine 
cursed David. Then said David to the Philis- 
tine, Thou comest to me with sword, and with 
spear, and with javelin: but I come to thee in 
the name of the Lord of hosts ; that all the earth 
may know that the Lord saveth not with sword 
and spear ; for the battle is the Lord's. And 
it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and 
came and drew nigh to meet David, that David 
hasted, and ran to meet the Philistine. And 
David put his hand into his bag, and took 
thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philis- 
tine in his forehead ; and the stone sank into his 
forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth. 
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a 



74 I SAMUEL 



sling and a stone ; but there was no sword in the 
hand of David. 

I SAMUEL XXIV 

And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David 
is in the wilderness of En-Gedi. Then Saul 
took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, 
and went to seek David and his men upon the 
rocks of the wild goats. And he came to the 
sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave ; and 
Saul went into the cave to refresh himself. 

Now David and his men were hiding in the 
innermost parts of the cave. And the men of 
David said unto him. Behold, the day of which 
the Lord said unto- thee, I will deliver thine 
enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to 
him as it shall seem good unto thee. And Da- 
vid said unto his men. The Lord forbid that I 
should do this thing unto my master, the Lord's 
anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against 
him ! So David stayed his men with these words, 
and suffered them not to rise against Saul. 
Howbeit David arose, and cut off the skirt of 
Saul's robe privily. And Saul rose up out of 
the cave, and went on his way. 

David also arose afterward, and went out of 
the cave, and cried after Saul, saying. My lord 
the king! And when Saul looked behind him, 
David bowed with his face to the earth, and 
did obeisance. And David said to Saul, Where- 
fore hearkenest thou to men's words, saying. Be- 
hold, David seeketh thy hurt? Behold, this day 
thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had de- 



I SAMUEL 75 



livered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: 
and some bade me kill thee ; but mine eye spared 
thee ; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand 
against my lord. Moreover, my father, see, 
yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand; for 
in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed 
thee not, know thou and see that there is neither 
evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have 
not sinned against thee, though thou huntest 
after my life to take it. The Lord judge be- 
tween me and thee; but mine hand shall not be 
upon thee. 

And it came to pass, when David had made 
an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that 
Saul said. Is this th}^ voice, my son David? 
And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. And 
he said to David, Thou art more righteous than 
I ; for thou hast rewarded unto me good, where- 
as I have rewarded unto thee evil. And thou 
hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt 
well with me, forasmuch as when the Lord had 
delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me 
not. For if a man find his enemy, will he let 
him go well away? wherefore the Lord rew^ard 
thee good for that which thou hast done unto me 
this day. 



THE SECOND BOOK 
OF SAMUEL 

II SAMUEL I 

Now it came to pass as David abode In the 
city, that, behold, a man came out of the camp 
from Saul, with his clothes rent, and earth 
upon his head: and so it was, when he came 
unto David, that he fell to the earth and did 
obeisance. And David said unto him. From 
whence comest thou? And he said. Out of the 
camp of Israel. And David said unto him. How 
went the matter.^ I pray thee, tell me. And he 
answered. Many of the people are fallen in the 
battle; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead 
also. Then David took hold on his clothes, and 
rent them ; and likewise all the men that were with 
him: and they mourned, and wept, and fasted 
until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, 
and for the people of the Lord; because they 
were fallen by the sword. 

And David lamented with this lamentation over 
Saul and over Jonathan his son : 

Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thine high 

places ! 
How are the mighty fallen! 

Tell it not in Gath, 

Publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon ; 
Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, 
And the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 

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II SAMUEL 77 



Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, 

Nor rain upon you, O ye fields of death ! 

For there was the shield of the mighty vilely 

cast away. 
The shield of Saul, as of one not anointed with 

oil. 

From the blood of the slain, 

From the fat of the mighty. 

The bow of Jonathan turned not back. 

And the sword of Saul returned not empty. 

Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in 

their lives. 
And in their death they were not divided: 
They were swifter than eagles. 
They were stronger than lions. 

Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, 

Who clothed you in scarlet delicatelj'^, 

Who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel ; 

weep and say. 
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the 

battle ! 

Jonathan, slain upon thine high places ! 

1 am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan! 
Very pleasant hast thou been unto me : 

Thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love 
of woman. 

How are the mighty fallen. 

And the weapons of war perished ! 



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II SAMUEL II 

Psalm xlvi. Hosea i. Zechariah ix 

Now it came to pass in those days, that Joab 
and his men pursued after Abner ; and the bat- 
tle was very sore. And when the sun went down 
the children of Benjamin gathered themselves 
together after Abner, and became one band, and 
stood on the top of a hill. Then Abner called 
to Joab, and said. Shall the sword devour for 
ever.'^ knowest thou not that it will be bitterness 
in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere 
thou bid the people return from pursuing their 
brethren? And Joab said, As God liveth, the 
people shall no more pursue every man his 
brother ! So Joab ble^v the trumpet ; and all the 
people stood still, and pursued after them no 
more, neither fought they any more. 

Thus they fled away that day from the battle, 
from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, 
and from the grievousness of war ; even as it 
IS written : 

I will have mercy upon them. 

And will save them by the Lord their God ; 

And will not save them by bow, 

Nor by sword nor by battle. 

By horses nor by horsemen. 

But I will make war to cease ; 

And I will break the bow, and cut the spear 

in sunder; 
And burn the chariots in the fire. 
And the battle bow shall be cut off ; 
And I will speak peace unto the nations. 



II SAMUEL 79 



II SAMUEL XII 

Now the child of David was very sick. Da- 
vid therefore besought God for the child; and 
David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon 
the earth. And the elders of his house arose, 
and stood beside him, to raise him up from the 
earth: but he would not, neither did he eat 
bread. And it came to pass on the seventh day, 
that the child died. And the servants of David 
feared to tell him that the child was dead; for 
they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, 
we spake unto him, and he would not hearken 
unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, 
if we tell him that the child is dead ! But when 
David saw that his servants were whispering to- 
gether, he perceived that the child was dead; 
and he said unto his servants. Is the child dead.^ 
And they said. He is dead. Then David arose 
from the earth, and washed, and anointed him- 
self, and changed his apparel ; and he came into 
the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he 
came to his own house ; and when they set bread 
before him, he did eat. 

Then said his servants unto David, What 
thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst 
fast and weep for the child, while he was alive; 
but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and 
eat bread! And David said, While the child 
was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said. 
Who knoweth whether the Lord will be gracious 
to me, that the child may live? But now he is 
dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him 



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back again? He will not return to me, but I 
shall go to him. 

II SAMUEL XIV, XVIII, XIX 

Now the battle was sore that day : and David 
was sitting between the two gates of the city; 
and the watchman went up to the roof of the 
gate unto the walls, and lifted up his eyes, and 
looked, and, behold, a man running alone. And 
the watchman cried, and told the king. And 
the king said. If he be alone, there is tidings in 
his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near. 
And the watchman saw another man running; 
and the watchman called unto the porter, and 
said, Behold, another man running alone. And 
the king said. He also bringeth tidings. And 
the watchman said. Me thinketh the running of 
the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the 
son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a 
good man, and cometh with good tidings. 

And Ahimaaz came, and bowed himself be- 
fore the king with his face to the earth. And 
the king said. Is it well with the young man 
Absalom.^ And Ahimaaz answered, I saw a 
great tumult, but I knew not what it was. And 
the king said. Turn aside, and stand here. And 
he turned aside, and stood still. 

And, behold, the other messenger came; and 
he said, Tidings for my lord the king! And 
the king said unto him. Is it well with the young 
man Absalom? And he answered. The enemies 
of my lord the king, and all that rise up against 
thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is! 



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And the king was much moved, and went up to 
the chamber over the gate, and wept : and as 
he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my 
son, my son Absalom ! would I had died for thee, 
O Absalom, my son, my son ! 

And the victory that day was turned into 
mourning unto all the people ; for the people 
heard say how the king was grieved for his son. 
And the king covered his face, and the king 
cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O 
Absalom, my son, my son ! For in all the land 
there was none to be so much praised as Absalom 
for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even 
to the crown of his head there was no blemish in 

him. 

II SAMUEL XXIV 

(I Chronicles xxi) 

Psalm xxxiii. Isaiah xxxi. Jeremiah xvii. Zechariah iv 

Now the heart of David was stirred up that 
he should number Israel. And the king said to 
Joab the captain of the host. Go now to and 
fro through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan 
even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, 
that I may know the sum of them, and their 
strength. And Joab said unto the king, The 
Lord make his people an hundred times as many 
as they are: but, my lord the king, are they not 
all the king's servants? why doth my lord the 
king delight in this thing? Nevertheless the 
king's word prevailed against Joab. Where- 
fore Joab went out from the presence of the 
king, to number the people. And at the end 
of nine months and twenty days Joab returned. 



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and gave the sum of the numbering of the peo- 
ple unto David. 

And David's heart smote him after that he 
had numbered the people. And David prayed 
unto the Lord, and said, I have sinned greatly 
in that which I have done : but now. O Lord, put 
away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant ; 
for I have done very foolishly. 

For thus it is written : 

Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, 
And maketh flesh his arm, 
And whose heart departeth from the Lord. 
Woe to them that trust in chariots because they 

are many. 
And in horsemen because they are very strong ! 
For there is no king saved by the multitude of 

an host, 
Neither is a mighty man delivered by great 

strength. 
For it is not by might, nor by an army, 
But by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. 

II SAMUEL XXIII, XXIV 
(I Chronicles xxi) 

Now it came to pass in those days, that three 
of the thirty chief men went down, and came 
to David in the harvest time unto the cave of 
AduUam; and the troop of the Philistines was 
encamped in the valley of Rephaim. And Da- 
vid was then in the stronghold ; and the garrison 
of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem. And 
David longed, and said. Oh that one would give 



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me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, 
which is by the gate! And when they heard 
this saying, the three mighty men brake through 
the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out 
of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, 
and took it, and brought it to David. But he 
would not drink thereof; for he said. Be it far 
from me, O Lord, that I should do this ! shall 
I drink the blood of the men that went in jeop- 
ardy of their lives ? Therefore David would not 
drink it ; but poured it out unto the Lord. 

And it came to pass on a day, that David went 
up to rear an altar unto the Lord in the thresh- 
ing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite. Now Arau- 
nah was threshing wheat. And as David came 
to Araunah, Araunah looked forth and saw the 
king and his servants coming on toward him: 
and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before 
the king with his face to the ground. And he 
said. Wherefore is my lord the king come to his 
servant? And David said. To buy the thresh- 
ing-floor of thee, to build thereon an altar unto 
the Lord. And Araunah said unto David, Take 
it thee, and let my lord the king do that which 
is good in his eyes : lo, I give thee the oxen for 
burnt off*erings, and the threshing instruments 
and the furniture of the oxen for the wood, and 
the wheat for the meal off*ering: all this, my 
lord, doth Araunah freely give unto the king. 
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I 
will verily buy it of thee for the full price: for 
what is thine I will not take for the Lord, neither 
will I off^er unto the Lord my God burnt off^er- 



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ings which cost me nothing! So David bought 
the threshing-floor and the oxen for six hun- 
dred shekels of gold. 

These things did David ; being therefore, as 
it is written, A man after God's own heart. 



THE FIRST BOOK 
OF THE KINGS 

I KINGS II 
I Chronicles xxviii 

Now the days of David drew nigh that he 
should die; and he charged Solomon his son, 
saying : 

I am going the way of all the earth: be 
thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man. 
Keep thou the charge of the Lord thy God, to 
walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his 
commandments, that thou mayest prosper in all 
that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest 
thyself. And thou, Solomon my son, know thou 
the God of thy father, and serve him with a 
perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the 
Lord searcheth all hearts, and under standeth all 
the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou 
seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou 
forsake him, it shall turn to thine hurt. And 
now, O Lord, give unto Solomon my son a per- 
fect heart, to keep thy commandments, and to 
do all these things, for ever. 

I KINGS III 
(I Chronicles i) 

The Lord appeared unto Solomon in a dream 
by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give 
thee? And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed 
unto thy servant David my father great mercy, 

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according as he walked before thee in truth, and 
in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart 
with thee ; and thou hast kept for him this great 
kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit 
on his throne, as it is this day. And now, O 
Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king 
instead of David my father : and I am but a 
little child; I know not how to go out or come 
in. And thy servant is in the midst of thy peo- 
ple which thou hast chosen, a great people, that 
cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. 
Give therefore thy servant an understanding 
heart to judge thy people, that I may discern 
between good and evil; for who is able to judge 
this thy great people? 

And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solo- 
mon had asked this thing. And God said unto 
him. Because thou hast asked this thing, and 
hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast 
asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life 
of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself 
understanding to discern justice; behold, I have 
done according to thy words: lo, I have given 
thee a wise and an understanding heart. And 
I have also given thee that which thou hast not 
asked, even riches and honour. And if thou 
wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and 
my commandments, as thy father David did 
walk, then will I also lengthen thy days. 

And Solomon awoke: and he came to Jerusa- 
lem, and stood before the ark of the covenant 
of the Lord, and worshipped. 



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I KINGS VIII, IX 
(II Chronicles vi, vii) 

And It came to pass, when Solomon had fin- 
ished the building of the house of the Lord, that 
he assembled all the congregation of the chil- 
dren of Israel. And Solomon stood before the 
altar of the Lord, in the presence of all the 
assembly, and spread forth his hands toward 
heaven, and said: 

The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the 
thick darkness. I have surely built thee an 
house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in 
for ever. But will God in very deed dwell on 
the earth? Behold, the heaven and the heaven 
of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less 
this house that I have builded ! Yet have thou 
respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to 
his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken 
unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant 
prayeth before thee this day; that thine eyes 
may be open toward this house night and day; 
to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant 
shall pray toward this place. And hearken thou 
to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy 
people, when they shall pray toward this place: 
yea, hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place ; and 
when thou hearest, forgive. 

Moreover concerning the stranger, when he 
shall come out of a far country for thy name's 
sake (for they shall hear of thy great name, 
and of thy mighty hand, and of thine out- 
stretched arm) ; when he shall come and pray 



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toward this house; hear thou in heaven thy 
dweUing-place, and do according to all his 
prayer; that all the peoples of the earth may 
know thy name, to fear thee, and that they may 
know that this house is called by thy name. 

If a man sin against his neighbour, and he 
come and pray before thine altar in this house; 
then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and 
do, and judge thy servants, reproving the 
wicked, and justifying the righteous, to give 
him according to his righteousness. 

If they sin against thee (for there is no man 
that sinneth not), and if they shall bethink 
themselves, saying. We have sinned, and have 
done perversely, we have dealt wickedly ; if they 
return unto thee with all their heart and with 
all their soul, and pray unto thee : then hear thou 
their prayer and their supplication in heaven 
thy dwelling-place; and when thou hearest, for- 
give. 

What prayer and supplication soever be made 
by any man, or by all thy people, who shall 
know every man the plague of his own heart, 
and spread forth his hands toward this house: 
then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and 
forgive, and do, and render unto every man 
according to all his ways, whose heart thou 
know est; (for thou, even thou only, knowest 
the hearts of all the children of men ; ) that they 
may fear thee all the days of their life. 

And it was so, that, when Solomon had made 
an end of praying all this prayer and supplica- 
tion, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, 



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I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, 
that thou hast made before me. If now thou 
wilt walk before me with integrity of heart and 
in uprightness, even thou and this people, then 
will I hallow this house, which thou hast built, 
to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes 
and mine heart shall be there perpetually. But 
if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or 
your children, then shall this congregation be a 
proverb and a byword among all people ; and 
at this house, though it is so high, every one 
that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall 
hiss. Howbeit, if thou wilt walk in my stat- 
utes, thou and this people, and execute my judg- 
ments, and keep all my commandments to walk 
in them ; then shall this house be hallowed, and I 
will dwell among this people. 

I KINGS XVIII 

Then Ahab sent and gathered together the 
prophets of Baal unto mount Carmel. And 
Elijah came near unto all the people, and said. 
How long halt ye between two opinions? if the 
Lord be God, follow him ; but if Baal, then fol- 
low him. And the people answered him not a 
word. Then said Elijah unto the people, I, 
even I only, am left a prophet of the Lord; 
but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty 
men. Let them therefore give us two bullocks ; 
and let them choose one bullock for themselves, 
and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and 
put no fire under; and I will dress the other 
bullock, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire 



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under. And call ye on the name of your god, 
and I will call on the name of the Lord : and the 
God that answereth by fire, let him be God. 
And all the people answered and said. It is well 
spoken. 

And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, 
Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress 
it first; for ye are many; and call on the name 
of your god, but put no fire under. And they 
took the bullock which was given them, and they 
dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from 
morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear 
us. But there was no voice, nor any that an- 
swered. And they leaped about the altar which 
was made. And it came to pass at noon, that 
Elijah mocked them, and said. Cry aloud! for he 
is a god! either he is musing, or he is gone aside, 
or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleep- 
eth and must be awaked ! And they cried aloud, 
and cut themselves after their manner with 
knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon 
them. And it was so, when midday was past, 
that they prophesied until the time of the offer- 
ing of the evening sacrifice ; but there was neither 
voice, nor any to answer, nor any that re- 
garded. 

And Elijah said unto all the people. Come 
near unto me ; and all the people came near unto 
him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that 
was thrown down ; and he made a trench about 
the altar, as great as would contain two meas- 
ures of seed. And he put the wood in order, 
and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the 



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wood. And he said, Fill four jars with water, 
and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the 
wood. And he said. Do it the second time; and 
they did it the second time. And he said. Do it 
the third time; and they did it the third time. 
And the water ran round about the altar; and 
the trench also he filled with water. And it 
came to pass at the time of the offering of the 
evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came 
near, and said, O Lord, the God of Israel, let 
it be known this day that thou art God. Hear 
me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know 
that thou, O Lord, art God, and that thou hast 
turned their heart back again. Then the fire 
of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt offer- 
ing, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, 
and licked up the water that was in the trench. 
And when all the people saw it, they fell on 
their faces : and they said. The Lord, he is God ! 
the Lord, he is God! 

I KINGS XIX 

Then Elijah arose, and went for his life, and 
came to Beer-sheba, and left his servant there. 
But he himself went a day's journey into the 
wilderness, and came and sat down under a juni- 
per-tree: and he requested for himself that he 
might die, and said. It is enough! now, O 
Lord, take away my life; for I am not better 
than my fathers. And he lay and slept under 
the juniper-tree; and, behold, an angel touched 
him, and said unto him. Arise and eat. And he 
looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake 



92 I KINGS 



baken on hot stones, and a cruse of water. And 
he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. 
And the angel of the Lord came again the sec- 
ond time, and touched him, and said, Arise and 
eat; because the journey is too great for thee. 
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in 
the strength of that meat forty days and forty 
nights unto Horeb the mount of God. 

And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged 
there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came 
to him, and said unto him. What doest thou here, 
Elijah? And he said, I have been very jealous 
for the Lord, the God of hosts ; for the children 
of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown 
down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with 
the sword : and I, even I only, am left ; and they 
seek my life, to take it away. And the Lord 
said. Go forth, and stand upon the mount before 
the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and 
a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and 
brake in pieces the rocks before him; but the 
Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind 
an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the 
earthquake : and after the earthquake a fire ; but 
the Lord was not in the fire : and after the fire 
a still small voice. And it was so, when Elijah 
heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, 
and went out, and stood in the entrance of the 
cave. 

And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and 
said. What doest thou here, Elijah? And he 
said, I have been very jealous for the Lord, the 
God of hosts; for the children of Israel have 



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forsaken thj covenant, thrown down thine al- 
tars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; 
and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my 
life, to take it away. And the Lord said unto 
him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness 
of Damascus. And Elisha the son of Shaphat 
shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy place. 
For the Lord seeth not as man seeth: for yet 
have I left me in Israel seven thousand men, 
whose knees have not bowed unto Baal, and 
whose mouths have not kissed him. 



THE SECOND BOOK 
OF THE KINGS 

II KINGS II 

And it came to pass, when the Lord would 
take up Elijah into heaven, that Elijah went 
with Elisha from Gilgal. And Elijah said unto 
Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord 
hath sent me as far as Beth-el. But Elisha 
said unto him, As the Lord liveth, and as thy 
soul liveth, I will not leave thee! So they went 
down to Beth-el. And the sons of the prophets 
that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and 
said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will 
take away thy master from thee to day? And 
he said, Yea, I know it. And EHjah said unto 
him, Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the 
Lord hath sent me to Jericho. But he said, As 
the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will 
not leave thee ! So they came to Jericho. And 
the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho 
came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou 
that the Lord will take away thy master from 
thee to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it. 
And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, 
here; for the Lord hath sent me to the Jordan. 
But he said. As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul 
liveth, I will not leave thee ! And they two went 
on, even to the Jordan. 

And it came to pass, when they were gone over, 
that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall 

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do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. 
And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double por- 
tion of thy spirit be upon me. And he said, 
Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, 
if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it 
shall be so unto thee. And it came to pass, as 
they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there 
appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, 
and parted them both asunder. And Elisha 
saw it, and he cried, My father ! my father ! the 
chariot of Israel and the horseman thereof! 
And he saw him no more. 

II KINGS V 

Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king 
of Syria, was a great man with his master, and 
honourable : he was also a mighty man of valour, 
but he was a leper. And the Syrians had 
brought away captive out of the land of Israel 
a little maiden; and she waited on Naaman's 
wife. And she said unto her mistress. Would 
that my lord were with the prophet that is in 
Samaria ! then would he recover him of his lep- 
rosy. And one went in, and told the king, say- 
ing. Thus and thus said the maiden that is of 
the land of Israel. And the king of Syria said 
to Naaman, Go now, and I will send thee unto 
him. And he departed, and took with him ten 
talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of 
gold, and ten changes of raiment. 

So Naaman came with his horses and with 
his chariots, and stood at the door of the house 
of Elisha. And Elisha sent a messenger unto 



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him, saying. Go and wash in the Jordan seven 
times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, 
and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was 
wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I 
thought, He himself will surely come out to 
me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord 
his God, and wave his hand over the place, and 
recover the leper! Are not Abanah and Phar- 
par, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the 
waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be 
clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. 
Then came his servants near, and spake unto 
him, and said. My father, if the prophet had 
bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not 
have done it? how much rather then, when he 
saith to thee. Wash, and be clean ! Then went 
he down, and dipped himself seven times in the 
Jordan, according to the saying of the man of 
God ; and his flesh came again like unto the flesh 
of a little child, and he was clean. 

II KINGS VI 

Now the king of Syria was warring against 
Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, 
saying. In such and such a place shall be my 
camp. And Elisha the man of God sent unto 
the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass 
not such a place; for thither the Syrians are 
coming down. And the king of Israel sent to 
the place which the man of God told him and 
warned him of; and he saved himself there, not 
once nor twice. And the heart of the king of 
Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he 



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called his servants, and said unto them. Will 
ye not shew me which of us is for the king of 
Israel? And one of his servants said, Nay, my 
lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet that is in 
Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that 
thou speakest in thy bedchamber. And the king 
said. Go and see where he is, that I may send 
and fetch him. And it was told him, saying. 
Behold, he is in Dothan. Therefore sent he 
thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: 
and they came by night, and compassed the city 
about. 

Now when the servant of the man of God was 
risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host 
with horses and chariots was round about the 
city. And the servant said unto Elisha, Alas, 
my master ! how shall we do ? And the man of 
God answered. Fear not ; for they that are with 
us are more than they that are with them. And 
Elisha prayed, and said. Lord, I pray thee, 
open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord 
opened the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : 
and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and 
chariots of fire round about Elisha. 



THE FIRST BOOK 
OF THE CHRONICLES 

I CHRONICLES XXIX 
II Samuel vii. Psalm cxxxii 

Now It came to pass when David dwelt In his 
own house, that the king spake unto all the peo- 
ple, saying, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedar, 
but the ark of the covenant of the Lord dwelleth 
still within curtains. Therefore I will not come 
into my house, nor gO' up into my bed; I will 
not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eyelids 
to slumber, until I find out a place for the Lord, 
even a dwelling-place for the Most High. And 
now because I have set my affection on the house 
of my God, I have provided for all manner of 
work to be made by the hands of artificers. 
Who then is wilhng this day to consecrate his 
service unto the Lord? 

Then the people offered willingly ; and they 
gave for the house of God gold and silver in 
abundance. And they with whom precious 
stones were found gave them to the treasure of 
the house of the Lord. And the people re- 
joiced, for that with a perfect heart they of- 
fered willingly. Wherefore David blessed the 
Lord before all the assembly ; and he said : 

Blessed be thou, O Lord, the God of our fath- 
ers, for ever and ever. Thine, O Lord, is the 
greatness, and the power, and the glory, and 
the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in 

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the heavens and in the earth is thine. Both 
riches and honour come of thee, and thou rulest 
over all ; in thine hand is power and might ; and 
in thine hand it is to make great, and to give 
strength unto all. 

Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and 
praise thy glorious name. But who am I, and 
what is this people, that we should be able to 
offer so willingly after this sort? for all things 
come of thee, yea, of thine own have we given 
thee. O Lord our God, all this store that we 
have prepared to build thee an house for thine 
holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine 
own. I know also, my God, that thou triest 
the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. 
And now have I seen with joy thy people, that 
are present here, offer willingly unto thee. 

L Gt c 



THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH 

NEHEMIAH II, IV, VI 

Now it came to pass, after that I was come 
to Jerusalem, that I arose in the night, I and 
some few men with me ; and I went out by night 
and viewed the walls of the city, which were 
broken down, and the gates whereof were con- 
sumed with fire. Then I went on to the foun- 
tain gate and the king's pool: but there was no 
place for the beast that was under me to pass. 
Then went I up in the night by the brook, and 
viewed the wall ; and I turned back, and entered 
by the valley gate, and so returned. And none 
knew whither I went, or what I did ; neither told 
I any man what my God had put into my heart 
to do. 

Then called I the people, and said unto them, 
Ye see the evil case that we are in, how the city 
lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned 
with fire: come, and let us build up the wall, 
that we be no more a reproach. And I told 
them of the hand of my God which was good 
upon me. And they said. Let us rise up and 
build. But some, when they heard that we pur- 
posed to build the wall, laughed us to scorn, and 
despised us, and said. What are these feeble peo- 
ple doing? will they fortify themselves.'^ will they 
sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will 
they revive the stones out of the heaps of rub- 

100 



NEHEMIAH 101 



bish? Nevertheless we went all of us to the 
wall, every one unto his work; for the people 
had a mind to work. 

Then I set in the lowest parts of the space 
behind the wall, in the open places, I set there 
the people after their families. And I said un- 
to them, The work is great and large, and we 
are separated upon the wall, one far from an- 
other: in what place soever ye hear the sound 
of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us. Like- 
wise at the same time said I unto the people, 
Let every one with his servant lodge within the 
city, that in the night they may be a watch, 
and may labour in the day. And neither I, 
nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men 
that followed me, none of us put off our clothes. 
So we wrought in the work, from the rising of 
the morning till the stars appeared. 

So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth 
day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. 
And it came to pass, that, when they that were 
round about us saw that the wall was builded, 
and that there was no breach left therein, they 
perceived that this work was wrought of God. 

NEHEMIAH V 

Now it came to pass, while we were building 
the wall of Jerusalem, that there arose a great 
cry of the people against their brethren, because 
of their burdensome exactions. For there were 
that said. We, our sons and our daughters, are 
many; yet have we nought to eat: let us get 
grain, that we may eat and live. Some also 



102 NEHEMIAH 



there were that said. We are mortgaging our 
fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, be- 
cause of the dearth. There were also that said. 
We have borrowed money for the king's tribute 
upon our fields and our vineyards. Yet now 
our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our chil- 
dren as their children: and, lo, we are bring- 
ing into bondage our sons and our daughters 
to be servants, and some of our daughters are 
brought into bondage already: neither is it in 
our power to help it; for other men have our 
fields and our vineyards. 

And I was much grieved when I heard their 
cry and these words. Then I consulted with 
myself; and afterward I called a great assem- 
bly. And I said unto them. We after our ability 
have redeemed our brethren, that were sold unto 
the nations ; and would ye even sell your breth- 
ren, and should they be sold unto us? Then 
held they their peace, and found never a word. 
Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good, 
seeing that he that oppresseth his brother re- 
proacheth his Maker: ought ye not to walk in 
the fear of our God? Now restore to this peo- 
ple, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, 
their olive-yards, and their houses, also the 
money, and the grain, the new wine, and the oil, 
that ye exact from them. Then said they. We 
will restore them, and will require nothing of 
them ; so will we do, even as thou sayest. Then 
I called the priests, and took an oath of them, 
that they would do according to this promise. 



NEHEMIAH 103 



NEHEMIAH VIII 

Then all the people gathered themselves to- 
gether as one man into the broad place that was 
before the water gate; and they spake unto 
Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law. 
And he brought the book before the assembly 
of men and women, and all that could hear with 
understanding. And Ezra the scribe stood upon 
a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the 
purpose. And he opened the book in the sight 
of all the people, and read therein from early 
morning until midday; and the ears of all the 
people were attentive unto the book of the law. 
And he read in the book, in the law of God, dis- 
tinctly ; and he gave the sense, so that the peo- 
ple understood the reading. 

And Ezra, said unto all the people. This day 
is holy unto the Lord your God ; mourn not, nor 
weep. (For all the people wept, when they heard 
the words of the law. ) Go your way, eat the fat, 
and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them 
for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is 
holy unto the Lord: neither be ye grieved; for 
the joy of the Lord is your strength. And all 
the people went their way with gladness of 
heart, because they had understood the words 
that were declared unto them. 



THE BOOK OF JOB 



JOB I, II 



There was a man in the land of Uz, whose 
name was Job ; and that man was perfect and 
upright, and one that feared God, and turned 
away his heart from evil. And there were born 
unto him seven sons and three daughters. His 
substance also was seven thousand sheep, and 
three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke 
of oxen, and five hundred cattle, and a very great 
household ; so that this man was the greatest of 
all the men of the east. 

Now it fell on a day when his sons and daugh- 
ters were feasting in their eldest brother's house, 
that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, 
The oxen were plowing, and the cattle feeding; 
and the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them 
away : yea, they have slain the servants with the 
edge of the sword ; and I only am escaped alone 
to tell thee. While he was yet speaking, there 
came another, and said, Fire is fallen from 
heaven, anS hath burned up the sheep and the 
servants, and consumed them ; and I only am es- 
caped alone to tell thee. While he was yet 
speaking, there came also another, and said, 
The Chaldeans made three bands, and made a 
raid upon the camels, and have taken them 
away, yea, and have slain the servants with the 
edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone 

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JOB 105 

to tell thee. While he was yet speaking, there 
came also another, and said. Thy sons and thy 
daughters were feasting in their eldest brother's 
house ; and, behold, there came a great wind 
from the wilderness, and smote the four corners 
of the house, and it fell upon the young men, 
and they are dead ; and I only am escaped alone 
to tell thee. 

Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved 
his head, and fell down upon the ground, and 
worshipped; and he said. Naked came I into 
the world, and naked shall I return hence: the 
Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; 
blessed be the name of the Lord. And his wife 
said unto him. Dost thou still hold fast thine 
integrity .f^ renounce God, and die! But he said 
unto her. Thou speakest as one of the foolish 
women speaketh. What ! shall we receive good 
at the hand of God, and shall we not receive 
evil.'^ In all this did not Job sin with his lips, 
nor charge God foolishly. 

JOB IV, V 

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, 
And mine ear received a whisper thereof. 
In thoughts from the visions of the night. 
When deep sleep falleth on men. 
Fear came upon me, and trembling, 
Which made all my bones to shake. 
Then a spirit passed before my face; 
The hair of my flesh stood up. 
It stood still, but I could not discern the appear- 
ance thereof; 



106 JOB 

A form was before mine eyes: 

There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying. 

Shall mortal man be more just than God? 

Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? 

Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; 

And his angels he chargeth with folly: 

How much more them that dwell in houses of 
clay, 

Whose foundation is in the dust ! 

But as for me, I would bow before the Almighty, 

And unto God would I commit my cause ; 

Who doeth great things and unsearchable, 

Marvellous things without number: 

Who setteth up on high those that are low. 

And exalteth to safety those that mourn. 

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty. 

So that their hands cannot perform their enter- 
prise. 

They meet with darkness in the daytime. 

And grope at noonday as in the night. 

But the meek he saveth from the sword of their 
mouth. 

Even the needy from the hand of the mighty. 

So the meek hath hope. 

And iniquity stoppeth her mouth. 

JOB V 

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth : 
Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the 

Almighty. 
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up ; 
He woundeth, and his hands make whole. 
He will deliver thee in six troubles; 



JOB 107 

Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 
In famine he shall redeem thee from death; 
And in war from the power of the sword. 
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the 

tongue ; 
Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when 

it Cometh. 
At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh ; 
Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the 

earth. 
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the 

field; 
And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with 

thee. 
And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace ; 
And thou shalt visit thine habitation, and fail 

not. 
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, 
Even as a shock of grain cometh in in its season. 
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is ; 
Hear it, and know thou it for thy good. 

JOB IX, XI, XXIII 

Then spake Job, and said: 

Oh that I knew where I might find him ! 

That I might come even to his seat ! 

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; 

And backward, but I cannot perceive him ; 

On the left hand, when he doth work, but I can- 
not behold him ; 

He hideth himself on the right hand, that I can- 
not see him. 

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not : 

He passeth on also, but I perceive him not. 



108 JOB 

Then answered Zophar, and said unto Job : 

Canst thou by searching find out God? 

Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfec- 
tion ? 

It is as high as heaven ; what canst thou do ? 

Deeper than the abyss ; what canst thou know ? 

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, 

And broader than the sea. 

And though thou say, I behold him not; 

Yet are all thy ways before him. 

If thou set thine heart aright, 

^And stretch out thine hands toward him; 

If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, 

And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents: 

Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without 
spot ; 

Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear. 

Then shall thy life be clearer than the noonday ; 

Though there be darkness, it shall be as the 
morning. 

And because there is hope, thou shalt be secure ; 

Yea, thou shalt look about thee, and shalt take 
thy rest in safety; 

Thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee 
afraid. 

JOB XIV, XVI, XIX 
Psalms xvi, Ixxi, Ixxiii 

If a man die, shall he li^^e again? 

Oh that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, 

and remember me! 
All the days of my warfare would I wait, 



JOB 109 

Till my release should come. 

Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: 

Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thine 

hands. 
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, 
And he that voucheth for me is on high. 
For I know that my Redeemer liveth. 
And at last he will stand up above the earth: 
And after my skin, even this body, is destroyed, 
Then without my flesh shall I see God ; 
Whom I, even I, shall see for myself. 
And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stran- 
ger. 

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory re- 
joiceth: 

My flesh also shall dwell in hope. 

For thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave ; 

Neither wilt thou suff*er thy beloved one to see 
corruption. 

Thou, who hast shewed me many and sore trou- 
bles. 

Wilt quicken me again, 

And wilt bring me up from the depths of the 
earth. 

Thou wilt increase my greatness, 

And comfort me on every side. 

Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel. 

And afterward receive me with glory. 

JOB XX, XXI 
Then spake Job, and said: 
Wherefore do the wicked live. 
Become old, yea, wax mighty in power .f^ 



110 JOB 

Their children also are established in their sight, 

And their offspring before their eyes. 

Their houses are safe from fear, 

Neither is the rod of God upon them. 

They spend their days in prosperity. 

And go to their graves in peace. 

Nevertheless they said unto God, Depart from 
us; 

For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ? 

And what profit should we have, if we pray un- 
to him.f^ 

Then answered Zophar, and said: 
Knowest thou not this of old time. 
Since man was placed upon earth, 
That the triumphing of the wicked is short. 
And the joy of the ungodly but for a moment.'^ 
Though his height mount up to the heavens, 
And his head reach unto the clouds; 
Yet shall his pride pass away as vapour. 
And flee away as a vision of the night. 
At the last his children shall beg favour of the 

righteous. 
And unto their hands shall his goods be re- 
stored. 
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, 
Though he hide it under his tongue, 
Though he spare it, and will not let it go. 
But keep it still within his mouth; 
Yet shall it be turned to poison within him, 
And become even as. the gall of asps. 
If he have swallowed down riches, 



JOB 111 

So also shall he vomit them up again. 

Because he knew no quietness within him, 

He shall not save aught of that wherein he de- 

lighteth. 
There was nothing left that he devoured not ; 
Therefore his prosperity shall not endure. 
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in 

straits : 
The hand of every one that is in misery shall 

come upon him. 
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, 
And the earth shall rise up against him. 
Even this is the portion of a wicked man, 
And the heritage appointed unto him by God. 

JOB XXII 

Then answered Eliphaz, and said: 
Is not God in the height of heaven .f^ 
And behold the vault of the stars, how high it 



IS 



And thou sayest, What doth God know.? 
Can he judge through the thick darkness .^^ 
Wilt thou keep the old way 
Which wicked men have ever trodden .f^ 
Who said unto God, Depart from us; 
And, What can the Almighty do unto us.'* 

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace : 
Thereby good shall come unto thee. 
Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, 
And lay up his words in thine heart. 
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be 
built up, 



112 JOB 

If thou put away unrighteousness far from thee. 

And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, 

And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the 
brooks ; 

And the Almighty shall be thy treasure. 

More than precious silver unto thee. 

For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Al- 
mighty, 

And shalt lift up thy face unto God. 

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he 
will hear thee; 

And thou shalt pay thy vows. 

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be 
established unto thee ; 

And light shall shine upon thy ways. 

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace. 

JOB XXIV, XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVII 

Then spake Job, and said: 
Why ^re not judgment-times appointed by the 

Almighty ? 
And why do not they that know him behold his 

judgments? 
For there are that remove the landmarks ; 
They violently take away flocks, and pasture 

them. 
They drive away the cattle of the fatherless ; 
They take the widow's ox for a pledge. 
They turn the needy out of the way: 
The poor of the earth all hide themselves. 
All the night they lie naked without clothing. 
And have no covering in the cold. 



JOB 113 

They are drenched with the rains of the moun- 
tains, 

And for want of shelter hide in the clefts of the 
rocks. 

There are that pluck the fatherless from the 
breast, 

And take in pledge the little that the poor hath. 

These are of them that rebel against the light; 

They know not the ways thereof. 

Nor abide in the paths thereof. 

The murderer riseth with the light; 

He killeth the poor and needy. 

From out of the populous city men groan, 

And the soul of the wounded crieth out: 

Yet God regardeth not! 

Then answered Elihu, and said: 

Far be it from God, that he should do wicked- 
ness. 

And from the Almighty, that he should commit 
iniquity ! 

For the work of a man shall he render unto him, 

And cause every one to find according to his 
ways. 

For his eyes follow all the ways of man, 

And he beholdeth all his goings. 

There is no darkness nor thick gloom. 

Where the workers of iniquity may hide them- 
selves. 

Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly. 

Neither will the Almighty pervert justice. 

How could one that hateth justice order the 
world ? 



114 JOB 

But shall the government of God be according 
to thy mind? 

Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou 
dost refuse it? 

Is it meet to say. My righteousness is more than 
God's? 

Look unto the heavens, and see; 

And behold the skies which are higher than thou. 

But now, because God doeth not according to thy 
mind, 

Sayest thou. He careth nothing for transgres- 
sion ? 

And now, because God doth not visit in his an- 
ger, 

Shalt thou say. He regardeth not arrogance? 

He is excellent in power and in majesty: 

And to justice and plenteous righteousness he 
doeth no violence. 

Men do therefore trust in him: 

But he regardeth not any that are wise in their 
own eyes. 

JOB XXVIII 

Surely there is a vein for silver, 
And a place for gold which they refine. 
Iron is taken out of the ground, 
And copper is molten out of the stone. 
Man setteth an end to darkness. 
And searcheth out, to the furthest bound. 
The stones that lie hid in darkness and the shad- 
ow of death. 
Far from the abode of man he breaketh open a 
shaft, 



JOB 115 

Whither they lower themselves, and swing to and 

fro, 
In a region forgotten of every foot. 
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; 
And underneath it is turned up as it were by 

fire. 
The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, 
And it hath dust of gold. 
That path no bird of prey knoweth, 
Neither hath the falcon's eye beheld it: 
The proud beasts have not trodden it. 
Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby. 
So man putteth forth his hand upon the flinty 

rock; 
He overturneth the mountains by the roots. 
He cutteth out channels among the rocks ; 
And his eye seeth every precious thing. 
He bindeth the streams that they overflow not; 
And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to 

light. 

But wisdom, where shall that be found? 

And where is the place of understanding.'^ 

Man knoweth not the price thereof ; 

Neither is it found in the land of the living. 

The deep saith. It is not in me; 

And the sea saith. It is not with me. 

Destruction and Death say. 

We have heard but the whisper thereof with our 

ears. 
It cannot be gotten for gold. 
Neither shall silver be weighed for the price 

thereof. 



116 JOB 

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, 
With the precious onyx or the sapphire. 
Gold and cr3'stal cannot equal it, 
Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine 

gold. 
No mention shall be made of corals or of pearls : 
Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies. 
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, 
Neither shall it be valued with pure gold. 

Whence then cometh wisdom.? 

And where is the place of understanding .^^ 

Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, 

And kept close from the birds of the heavens. 

God understandeth the way thereof. 

And he knoweth the place thereof. 

For he looketh to the ends of the earth, 

And seeth under the whole heaven. 

When he made a weight for the wind. 

And meted out the waters by measure; 

When he made a decree for the rain. 

And a way for the lightning of the thunder ; 

Then did he see it, and declare it; 

He established it, yea, and searched it out. 

And unto man he said: 

Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; 

And to depart from evil is understanding. 

JOB XXIII, XXIX, XXXI 

When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; 
And when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto 

me: 
Because I delivered the poor that cried, 



JOB 117 

The fatherless also, and him that had none to 

help. 
The blessing of him that was ready to perish 

came upon me; 
And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: 
Justice was to me as a robe and a diadem. 
I was eyes to the blind, 
And feet was I to the lame. 
I was a father to the needy : 
And the cause of him that I knew not I searched 

out. 
The unrighteous I reproved. 
And plucked the prey out of his hand. 
Unto me men gave ear, and waited. 
And kept silence for my counsel: 
They waited for me as for the rain, 
Yea, as for the latter rain; 
And my speech distilled upon them. 
I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; 
And the light of my countenance upheld many. 
I chose out their way, and sat among them, 
As one that comf orteth them that mourn. 
Doth not Ood behold my ways, 
And number all my steps? 
Surely he knoweth the way that I take! 
When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as 

gold. 

JOB XXIII, XXXI 

Then spake Job and said: 

If I have walked with vanity. 

And my foot hath hasted to deceit 



118 JOB 

(Let me be weighed in an even balance, 

That God may know mine integrity) ; 

If my step hath turned out of the way, 

And mine heart walked after mine eyes, 

And if any spot hath cleaved to mine hands : 

Then let me sow, and let another eat ; 

Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted up! 

If I have despised the cause of my man-servant 
or of my maid-servant, 

When they contended with me; 

What then shall I do when God calleth to ac- 
count ? 

And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? 

Did not he that created me make him also? 

And did not the selfsame fashion us both? 

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, 

Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail. 

Or have eaten my morsel alone. 

And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 

If I have seen any perishing for want of cloth- 
ing, 

Or that the needy had no covering; 

If his heart hath not blessed me. 

And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece 
of my sheep; 

If I have lifted up mine hand against the father- 
less. 

Because I saw my help in the gate: 

Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder- 
blade. 

And mine arm be broken from the bone! 



JOB 119 

If I have made gold my hope. 

And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my 

confidence ; 
If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great. 
And because mine hand had gotten much: 
This also were an iniquity to be punished; 
For I should have denied the God that is above ! 

If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that 

hated me, 
Or lifted up myself when evil found him 
(Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin 
By asking his life with a curse) ; 
If the men of my tent have not said, 
Who can find one that hath not been filled with 

his meat? 
(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; 
But I have opened my doors to the traveller) ; 
If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, 
By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom. 
Because I feared the great multitude. 
And the contempt of families terrified me, 
So that I kept silence, and went not out of the 

door; 
If my land crieth out against me. 
And the furrows thereof weep together; 
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money. 
Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their 

life: 
Let thistles grow instead of wheat. 
And cockle instead of barley! 

Doth not God behold my ways, 
And number all my steps? 



120 JOB 

My foot hath held fast to his steps ; 

His way have I kept, and turned not aside. 

I have not gone back from the commandment of 

his hps ; 
I have treasured up the words of his mouth more 

than my daily food. 
Surely he knoweth the way that I take! 
When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as 

gold. 

JOB XXXIII, XXXIV 

Why dost thou strive against God, 

Saying, He giveth not account of any of his 
matters ? 

For there is a spirit in man. 

And the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them 
understanding. 

For God speaketh once, 

Yea twice, though man regard it not. 

In a dream, in a vision of the night. 

When deep sleep falleth upon men. 

In slumberings upon the bed; 

Then God openeth the ears of men. 

And sealeth their instruction. 

That he may withdraw man from his evil pur- 
pose. 

And remove pride far from him. 

If then there be with him an interpreter. 

To shew unto man what is right for him; 

Then is God gracious unto him, and saith, 

Deliver him from the path of evil; 

For I have found a ransom. 

Then shall his flesh be fresher than a child's; 



JOB 121 

Yea, he returneth to the days of his youth. 

He prayeth also unto God, and is accepted; 

So that he beholdeth his face with joy: 

And he restoreth unto man his righteousness. 

He rejoiceth before men, and saith, 

I have borne chastisement, I will offend no more : 

That which I see not teach* thou me : 

I have sinned, and perverted that which was 

right. 
And it profited me not: 
But now hath he redeemed my soul, 
And my life shall behold the light. 
Lo, all these things doth God work. 
Twice, yea thrice, with a man. 
To bring back his soul from the way of evil, 
That he may be enlightened with the light of 

life. 

JOB XXXVIII, XL, XLII 

Then the Lord answered Job out of the 
whirlwind, and said: 

Who is this that darkeneth counsel 
By words without knowledge? 
Gird up thy loins like a man ; 
For I will demand of thee, and declare thou 
unto me. 

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations 

of the earth? 
Declare, if thou hast understanding. 
Who determined the measures thereof, if thou 

knowest ? 
Or who stretched the line upon it? 



122 JOB 

Whereupon were the foundations thereof 

fastened? 
Or who laid the corner stone thereof, 
When the morning stars sang together, 
And all the sons of God shouted for joy? 

Or who shut up the sea with doors, 

When it brake forth, as if newly born; 

When I made clouds the garment thereof. 

And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it, 

And marked out for it my bound. 

And set bars and doors. 

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no 

further ; 
And here shall thy proud waves be stayed? 

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy 

days began, 
And caused the dayspring to know its place? 
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? 
Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep ? 
Have the portals of the grave been revealed 

unto thee? 
Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of 

death ? 
Hast thou comprehended the earth in its 

breadth ? 
Declare, if thou knowest it all ! 

Where is the way to the dwelling place of 

light? 
And as for darkness, where is the place there- 

of, 



JOB 123 

That thou shouldest take it to the bound there- 

of, 
And that thou shouldest discern the paths to 

the house thereof? 
Doubtless thou knowest, for thou wast then born, 
And the number of thy days is great ! 

Canst thou bind the clusters of the Pleiades, 

Or loose the bands of Orion? 

Canst thou lead forth the signs of the Zodiac 

in their season ? 
Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train? 
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? 
Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the 

earth ? 

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, 
That abundance of waters may cover thee? 
Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they 

may go. 
And say unto thee. Here we are? 
Who put wisdom in the inward parts? 
Or who hath given understanding to the mind? 

Gird up now thy loins like a man. 

And declare unto me all these things. 

Wilt thou even annul my judgment? 

Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be 

justified? 
Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; 
And array thyself with honour and majesty. 
Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger ; 
And look upon every one that is proud, and 

abase him. 



124 JOB 

Look on every one that is haughty, and bring 

him low. 
Then will I also confess of thee, 
That thine own right hand can save thee! 

Then Job answered the Lord, and said: 
I know that thou canst do all things. 
And that no purpose of thine can be restrained. 
Therefore have I uttered that which I under- 
stood not, 
Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; 
But now mine eye seeth thee: 
Wherefore I humble myself. 
And repent in dust and ashes. 

And it was so, after these things, that the 
Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My heart is 
sore displeased with thee, and with thj'^ two 
friends ; for ye have not spoken of me the thing 
that is right, as my servant Job hath. Now 
therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and 
seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and 
offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and 
my servant Job, he shall pray for you: for him 
will I accept, lest I deal with you after your 
folly: for ye have not spoken of me the thing 
that is right, as my servant Job hath. And 
the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he 
prayed for his friends ; and he blessed the latter 
end of Job more than his beginning. 



THE PSALMS 

PSALM I 

Blessed Is the man 

That walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, 

Nor standeth in the way of sinners, 

Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful : 

But his delight is in the law of the Lord ; 

And in his law doth he meditate day and night. 

He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers 

of water, 
That bringeth forth its fruit in its season; 
Whose leaf also doth not wither; 
And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 
The ungodly are not so: 
But are like the chaff which the wind driveth 

away. 
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the 

judgment, 
Nor sinners in the congregation of the 

righteous. 
For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous ; 
But the way of the ungodly shall perish. 

PSALMS III, IV 

Many there be that say of my soul. 
There is no help for him in God. 
But thou, O Lord, art a shield about me; 
My glory, and the lifter up of my head. 
I cry unto the Lord with my voice, 
125 



126 PSALMS 



And he answereth me out of his holy hill. 

I laid me down and slept ; 

I awaked ; for the Lord sustained me. 

Many there be that say, 

Who will shew us any good? 

Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance 

upon us. 
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, 
More than they have when their grain and their 

new wine are increased. 
In peace will I both lay me down and sleep ; 
For thou, Lord, alone makest me dwell in safety. 

Stand in awe, and sin not: 

Commune with thine own heart upon thy bed, 

and be still. 
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, 
And put thy trust in the Lord. 

PSALM V 

Give ear to my words, O Lord, 

Consider my meditation. 

Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, 
and my God: 

For unto thee do I pray. 

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O 
Lord; 

In the morning will I direct my prayer unto 
thee, and will look up. 

For thou, O Lord, hast no pleasure in wicked- 
ness: 

Neither shall evil dwell with thee. 



PSALMS 127 



But as for me, I will come into thy house in the 

multitude of thy mercy: 
And in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy 

temple. 

PSALM VIII 

O Lord our God, 

How excellent is thy name in all the earth, 
Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens! 
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy 

fingers. 
The moon and the stars, which thou hast 

ordained ; 
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? 
And the son of man, that thou visitest him? 
For thou hast made him but little lower than 

the angels, 
And crownest him with glory and honour. 
Thou makest him to have dominion over the 

works of thy hands ; 
Thou hast put all things under his feet: 
All sheep and oxen. 
Yea, and the beasts of the field, 
The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea. 
Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the 

seas. 
O Lord our God, 
How excellent is thy name in all the earth! 

PSALM XV 

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? 
Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh right- 
eousness. 
And speaketh the truth in his heart; 



128 PSALMS 



He that slander eth not with his tongue, 

Nor doeth evil to his friend, 

Nor taketh up a reproach against his neigh- 
bour: 

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned. 

But who honoureth them that fear the Lord; 

He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth 
not; 

He that putteth not out his money to usury, 

Nor taketh reward against the innocent. 

He that doeth these things shall never be moved. 

He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, 

And righteousness from the God of his salva- 
tion. 

PSALM XVI 

I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel ; 

Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night sea- 
sons. 

I have set the Lord always before me : 

Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be 
moved. 

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory re- 
joiceth: 

My flesh also shall rest in hope. 

For thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave ; 

Neither wilt thou suffer thy beloved one to see 
corruption. 

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: 

In thy presence is fulness of joy; 

At thy right hand there are pleasures for ever- 
more. 



PSALMS 129 



PSALM XVII 

Attend unto my cry, O Lord, 

Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of 

false lips. 
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; 
Let thine eyes see what is right. 
Prove my heart ; visit me in the night ; 
Try me, my thoughts shall not vary from my 

speech. 
Hold up my steps in thy paths. 
That my feet slip not. 

I call upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: 
Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my words. 
Shew thy marvelous lovingkindness, 

thou that savest by thy right hand them that 

take refuge in thee. 

Keep me as the apple of the eye ; 

Hide me under the shadow of thy wings. 

As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteous- 
ness; 

1 shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy like- 

ness. 

PSALM XVIII 

The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my 

deliverer ; 
My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge. 
I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be 

praised : 
So shall I be saved from mine enemies. 
The cords of death compassed me. 
And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. 
In my distress I called upon the Lord, 



130 PSALMS 



And cried unto my God: 

He heard my voice out of his temple, 

And my cry came before him into his ears. 

He sent from on high, he took me; 

He drew me out of many waters. 

He brought me forth also into a large place; 

He delivered me, because he delighted in me. 

For all his ordinances were before me, 

And I put not away his statutes from me. 

Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me ac- 
cording to my righteousness. 

According to the cleanness of my hands in his 
sight. 

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merci- 
ful; 

With the upright man thou wilt shew thyself 
upright ; 

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; 

And with the froward thou wilt shew thyself f ro- 
ward. 

For thou wilt light my lamp: 

Yea, the Lord my God will lighten my darkness. 

As for God, his way is perfect: 

The word of the Lord is tried; 

He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in 
him. 

For who is God, save the Lord? 

And who is a rock, besides our God? 

It is God that girdeth me with strength, 

And maketh my way perfect. 

Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salva- 
tion ; 



PSALMS 131 



Thy right hand hath holden me up. 
And thy gentleness hath made me great. 
The Lord liveth ; and blessed be my rock ; 
And let the God of my salvation be exalted. 

PSALM XIX 

The heavens declare the glory of God ; 

And the firmament sheweth his handiwork. 

Day unto day uttereth speech, 

And night unto night sheweth knowledge. 

There is no speech nor language; 

Their voice is not heard. 

Their line is gone out through all the earth, 

And their words to the ends of the world. 

In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun. 

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his 

chamber. 
And rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course. 
His going forth is from the end of the heavens, 
And his circuit unto the ends of it ; 
And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 

The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the 
soul: 

The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise 
the simple. 

The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing 
the heart: 

The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlight- 
ening the eyes. 

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for 
ever: 

The judgments of the Lord are true, and right- 
eous altogether. 



132 PSALMS 

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than 
much fine gold; 

Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of 
the honeycomb. 

Moreover by them is thy servant warned: 

In keeping them there is great reward. 

Who can discern his errors? 

Cleanse thou me from secret faults. 

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous 
sins ; 

Let them not have dominion over me: 

Then shall I be upright, 

And I shall be innocent from great transgres- 
sion. 

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation 
of my heart 

Be acceptable in thy sight, 

Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. 

PSALM XXIII 

The Lord is my shepherd ; I shall not want. 

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures ; 

He leadeth me beside still waters. 

He restoreth my soul: 

He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for 

his name's sake. 
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the 

shadow of death, 

1 will fear no evil ; for thou art with me ; 
Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. 
Thou anointest my head with oil ; 

My cup runneth over. 



PSALMS 133 



Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all 

the days of my life; 
And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for 

ever. 

PSALM XXIV 

The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof ; 

The world, and they that dwell therein. 

For he hath founded it upon the seas, 

And established it upon the floods. 

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord.'^ 

And who shall stand in his holy place .'^ 

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; 

Who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, 

Nor sworn deceitfully. 

He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, 

And righteousness from the God of his salvation. 

This is the generation of them that seek him, 

That seek thy face, O Jacob. 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates ! 

And be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors! 

And the King of glory will come in. 

Who is the King of glory? 

The Lord strong and mighty, 

The Lord mighty in battle. 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates ! 

Yea, lift them up, ye everlasting doors! 

And the King of glory will come in. 

Who is this King of glory .^ 

The Lord of hosts. 

He is the King of glory. 



134 PSALMS 



PSALM XXVII 

The Lord is my light and my salvation ; 

Whom shall I fear? 

The Lord is the strength of my life; 

Of whom shall I be afraid ? 

Though an host should encamp against me, 

My heart shall not fear: 

Though war should rise against me, 

Even then will I be confident. 

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will 

I seek after; 
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all 

the days of my life, 
To behold the beauty of the Lord, 
And to inquire in his temple. 
For in the day of trouble he shall hide me in 

his pavilion : 
In the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me. 
And I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of 

I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the 
Lord. 

PSALM XXX 

Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his. 
And give thanks at the remembrance of his holi- 
ness. 
For his anger is but for a moment; 
His favour is for life: 
Weeping may tarry for the night. 
But joy cometh in the morning. 



PSALMS 135 

As for me, I said in my prosperity, 

I shall never be moved. 

Then when thou didst hide thy face, 

I was troubled. 

I cried to thee, O Lord ; 

And unto the Lord I made supplication. 

So hast thou turned for me my mourning into 

dancing ; 
Thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me 

with gladness ; 
To the end that I may sing praise to thee, and 

may not be silent. 

Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee 

for ever. 

PSALM XXXII 

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven. 

Whose sin is covered. 

Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth 

not iniquity, 
And in whose spirit there is no guile. 

1 acknowledged my sin unto thee. 
And mine iniquity did I not hide: 

I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the 

Lord; 
And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. 
Therefore let every one that is godly pray unto 

thee 
In a time when thou mayest be found : 
Surely in the floods of great waters they shall 

not come nigh unto him. 
Thou art my hiding place; thou wilt preserve 

me from trouble; 



136 PSALMS 



With songs of deliverance wilt thou compass me 

about, saying, 
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way 

which thou shalt go: 
I will guide thee with mine eye. 
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked ; 
But he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall 

compass him about. 
Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous; 
Yea, shout for joy, all ye that are upright in 

heart. 

PSALM XXXIII 

Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: 

Praise is comely for the upright. 

Give thanks unto the Lord with the harp : 

Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten 

strings. 
Sing unto him a new song ; 
Play skilfully with a loud noise. 

For the word of the Lord is right ; 

And all his work is done in faithfulness. 

He loveth righteousness and justice: 

The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the 

Lord. 
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, 
And all the host of them by the breath of his 

mouth. 
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a 

heap: 
He layeth up the deeps in storehouses. 
Let all the earth fear the Lord : 



PSALMS 137 



Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe 

of him. 
For he spake, and it was done ; 
He commanded, and it stood fast. 
The counsel of the Lord standeth fast for ever, 
The thoughts of his heart to all generations. 

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, 
The people whom he hath chosen for his own 

inheritance. 
The Lord looketh down from heaven ; 
He beholdeth all the sons of men ; 
From the place of his habitation he looketh forth 
Upon all the inhabitants of the earth, 
Even he that fashioneth the hearts of them all, 
That considereth all their works. 
There is no king saved by the multitude of an 

host: 
A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. 
A horse is a vain thing for safety ; 
Neither doth he deliver any by his great power. 
Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that 

fear him. 
Upon them that hope in his lovingkindness ; 
To deliver their soul from death. 
And to keep them alive in famine. 

Our soul hath waited for the Lord: 
He is our help and our shield. 
Yea, our heart shall rejoice in him, 
Because we have trusted in his holy name. 
Let thy lovingkindness, O Lord, be upon us, 
According as we have hoped in thee. 



138 PSALMS 



PSALM XXXIV 

I will bless the Lord at all times : 

His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 

My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: 

The meek shall hear thereof, and be glad. 

Oh magnify the Lord with me, 

And let us exalt his name together. 

I sought the Lord, and he answered me, 

And delivered me from all my fears. 

They looked unto him, and were radiant ; 

And their faces shall never be confounded. 

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, 

And saved him out of all his troubles. 

The angel of the Lord encampeth round about 

them that fear him. 
And delivereth them. 
Oh taste and see that the Lord is good : 
Blessed is the man that taketh refuge in him. 
Oh fear the Lord, ye his saints ; 
For there is no want to them that fear him. 
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger ; 
But they that seek the Lord shall not want any 

good thing. 

Come, ye children, hearken unto me : 

I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 

What man is he that desireth life. 

And loveth many days, that he may see good? 

Keep thy tongue from evil. 

And thy lips from speaking guile. 

Depart from evil, and do good ; 



PSALMS 139 



Seek peace, and pursue it. 

For the Lord is nigh unto them that are of a 

broken heart. 
And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit. 
Many are the afflictions of the righteous; 
But the Lord delivereth him out of them all. 

PSALM XXXVI 

Thy lovingkindness, O Lord, reacheth to the 

heavens ; 
Thy faithfulness even unto the skies. 
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; 
Thy judgments are a great deep: 
O Lord, thou preservest man and beast. 
How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God ! 
Therefore the children of men take refuge 
Under the shadow of thy wings. 
They shall be abundantly satisfied with thy 

goodness ; 
And thou shalt make them drink of the river of 

thy pleasures. 
For with thee is the fountain of life: 
In thy light shall we see light. 
Oh continue thy lovingkindness unto them that 

know thee, 
And thy righteousness to the upright in heart. 

PSALM XXXVII 

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers. 

Neither be thou envious against them that work 

unrighteousness. 
Trust in the Lord, and do good ; 



140 PSALMS 



So shalt thou dwell in the land, and feed on his 

faithfulness. 
Delight thyself also in the Lord ; 
And he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 
Commit thy way unto the Lord; 
Trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass. 
And he shall make thy righteousness to go forth 

as the light, 
And thy justice as the noonday. 
Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him. 

Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth 
in his way. 

Because of the man who bringeth wicked de- 
vices to pass. 

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: 

Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing; 

But the meek shall delight themselves in the 
abundance of peace. 

Better is the little that the righteous hath 

Than the abundance of many wicked. 

The Lord knoweth the days of the perfect ; 

And their inheritance shall be for ever. 

They shall not be put to shame in the time of 
evil; 

And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 

The steps of a good man are ordered by the 
Lord; 

And he delighteth in his way. 

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast 
down; 

For the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 

All the day long he dealeth graciously. 

And his house is blessed. 



PSALMS 141 



Depart from evil, and do good; 

So shalt thou dwell for evermore. 

For the Lord loveth justice, 

And forsaketh not his saints; 

They are preserved for ever. 

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, 

And his tongue uttereth justice. 

The law of his God is in his heart ; 

None of his steps shall slide. 

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; 

For the end of that man is peace. 

PSALMS XXXIX, LXXIII 

I said, I will take heed to my ways, 

That I sin not with my tongue : 

I will keep my mouth with a bridle. 

While the wricked is before me. 

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even 
from good; 

And my sorrow was stirred. 

My heart was hot within me; 

While I was musing the fire burned; 

Then spake I with my tongue, and said: 

Lord, make me to know mine end. 

And the measure of my days, what it is ; 

Let me know how frail I am. 

Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand- 
breadth ; 

And mine age is as nothing before thee : 

Verily every man at his best estate is but a 
breath. 

Surely every man walketh as a shadow; 

They are disquieted in vain: 



142 PSALMS 



He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall 
gather them. 

And now. Lord, what wait I for ? 

All my hope is in thee. 

Whom have I in heaven but thee ? 

And upon earth there is none that I desire be- 
sides thee. 

My flesh and my heart f aileth ; 

But God is the strength of my heart and my 
portion for ever. 

PSALM XL 

I waited patiently for the Lord; 

And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, 
out of the miry clay; 

And he hath set my feet upon a rock, and es- 
tablished my goings. 

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even 
praise unto our God : 

Many shall see it, and fear, 

And shall trust in the Lord. 

Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his 

trust, 
And regardeth not the proud, nor such as turn 

aside to lies. 
Many, O Lord my God, are the wonderful works 

which thou hast done. 
And thy thoughts which are to us-ward : 
They cannot be set in order unto thee ; 
If I would declare and speak of them. 
They are more than can be numbered. 
Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; 



PSALMS 143 



Mine ears hast thou opened: 

Burnt-offering- and sin-offering thou hast not 

required. 
Then said I, Lo, I am come; 
In the roll of the book it is written of me : 
I delight to do thy will, O my God ; 
Yea, thy law is within my heart. 
I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness 

in the great assembly ; 
Lo, I will not refrain my lips, 

Lord, thou knowest. 

1 have not hid thy righteousness within my 

heart ; 

I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salva- 
tion; 

I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and 
thy truth from the great assembly. 

Withhold not thy tender mercies from me, O 
Lord ; 

Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually 
preserve me. 

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad 
in thee: 

Yea, let such as love thy salvation say con- 
tinually. 

The Lord be magnified. 

PSALMS XLII, XLIII 

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, 
So panteth my soul after thee, O God. 
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: 
When shall I come and appear before God.^ 



144 PSALMS 



My tears have been my meat day and night. 
While they continually say unto me, Where is 

thy God? 
These things I remember, and pour out my soul 

within me: 
How I was wont to go with the throng, and led 

them to the house of God, 
With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude 

keeping holyday. 
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? 
And why art thou disquieted within me? 
Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him. 
For the help of his countenance. 

my God, my soul is cast down within me ! 
Therefore do I remember thee from the land of 

the Jordan, 

And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar. 

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy water- 
falls: 

All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 

Yet will the Lord command his lovingkindness 
in the daytime; 

And in the night his song shall be with me, 

Even a prayer unto the God of my life. 

1 will say unto God my rock. Why hast thou 

forgotten me? 
Why go I mourning because of the oppression 

of the enemy? 
As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries 

reproach me, 
While they continually say ujito me. Where is 

thy God? 



PSALMS 145 



Why art thou cast down, my soul? 
And why art thou disquieted within me? 
Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, 
Who is the help of my countenance, and my God. 

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against 

an ungodly nation : 
Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust 

man. 
For thou art the God of my strength : why hast 

thou cast me off? 

• 

Why go I mourning because of the oppression 

of the enemy? 
Oh send out thy light and thy truth! let them 

lead me ; 
Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, 
And to thy tabernacles. 
Then will I go unto the altar of God, 
Unto God my exceeding j oy ; 
And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, 

my God. 
Why art thou cast down, my soul? 
And why art thou disquieted within me? 
Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him. 
Who is the help of my countenance, and my God. 

PSALMS XLIV, LXXVIII, CV 

We have heard with our ears, O God, 

Our fathers have told us. 

What work thou didst in their days. 

Even in the days of old: 

When they were but few in number. 

Yea, very few, and pilgrims in the land. 



146 PSALMS 



And they went about from nation to nation, 

From one kingdom to another people. 

He suffered no man to do them harm ; 

Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, 

Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, 

And do my chosen ones no harm. 

And he increased his people greatly. 

And strengthened them on every side. 

Because they trusted in him. 

For they gat not the land in their possession 

by their own sword. 
Neither did their own arm save them ; 
But thy right hand, O God, and thine arm, did 

save them, 
And the light of thy countenance did guide 

them. 
And he brought forth his people with joy, 
And his chosen with singing ; 
Because they kept his statutes, 
And observed his laws. 

And he established this a testimony. 

And appointed it a law. 

Which he commanded our fathers. 

That they should make them known to their 

children ; 
That the generation to come might know them. 
Even the children that should be born ; 
Who should arise and tell them to their children, 
That they might set their hope on God, 
And not forget his works. 
But that they might keep his statutes, 
And observe his laws for ever. 



PSALMS 147 



PSALM XLVI 

God is our refuge and strength, 

A very present help in trouble. 

Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be 

removed. 
And though the mountains be shaken into the 

midst of the seas; 
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, 
Though the mountains tremble with the swelling 

thereof. 

There is a river, the streams whereof make glad 

the city of God, 
The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most 

High. 
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be 

moved : 
God will help her, and that right early. 
The Lord of hosts is with us ; 
The eternal God is our refuge. 

Come, behold the works of the Lord, 

What desolations he hath made in the earth. 

He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the 

earth ; 
He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in 

sunder ; 
He bumeth the chariots in the fire. 
Be still, and know that I am God: 
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be 

exalted in the earth. 
The Lord of hosts is with us ; 
The eternal God is our refuge. 



148 PSALMS 



PSALM XLVIII 

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised 
In the city of our God, in the mountain of his 

holiness. 
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole 

earth. 
Is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, 
The city of the great King. 
God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 
As we have heard, so have we seen 
In the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of 

our God: 
God will establish it for ever. 

We have thought on thy lovingkindness, O God, 

In the midst of thy temple. 

As is thy name, O God, 

So is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: 

Thy right hand is full of righteousness. 

Let mount Zion rejoice. 

Let the daughters of Judah be glad, 

Because of thy judgments. 

Walk about Zion, and gO' round about her; 

Tell the towers thereof; 

Mark ye well her bulwarks ; 

Consider her palaces: 

That ye may tell it to the generation to come. 

For this God is our God for ever and ever: 

He will be our guide even unto death. 

PSALM L 
The Mighty One, even the Lord, hath spoken. 
And called the earth from the rising of the sun 
unto the going down thereof. 



PSALMS 149 



Hear, O my people, and I will speak ; 

Hearken, and I will testify unto you: 

I am God, even thy God. 

I will take no bullock out of thine house, 

Nor goats out of thy folds. 

For every beast of the forest is mine, 

And the cattle upon a thousand hills. 

I know all the birds of the mountains ; 

And the wild beasts of the field are mine. 

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; 

For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. 

Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving ; 

And fulfil thy vows unto the Most High ; 

And call upon me in the day of trouble : 

I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. 

For whoso ofFereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving 

glorifieth me; 
And to him that ordereth his way aright 
Will I shew the salvation of God. 

PSALM LI 
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy 

lovingkindness : 
According to the multitude of thy tender mercies 

blot out my transgressions. 
Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, 
And cleanse me from my sin. 
For I know my transgressions ; 
And my sin is ever before me. 
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned. 
And done that which is evil in thy sight. 

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts ; 
And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to 
know wisdom. 



150 PSALMS 



Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: 
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 
Make me to hear joy and gladness. 
That my heart, which is cast down, may re- 
joice. 
Hide thy face from my sins. 
And blot out all mine iniquities. 

Create in me a clean heart, O God; 
And renew a right spirit within me. 
Cast me not away from thy presence ; 
And take not thy holy Spirit from me. 
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; 
And uphold me with a willing spirit. 

Then will I teach transgressors thy ways ; 
And sinners shall be converted unto thee. 
Deliver me from mine iniquity, O God, thou 

God of my salvation; 
And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy right* 

eousness. 
O Lord, open thou my lips; 
And my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. 
For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would 

I give it : 
Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering. 
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : 
A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt 

not despise. 

PSALM LXIII 

O God, thou art my God ; with all my heart will 

I seek thee : 
My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for 

thee. 



PSALMS 151 

In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is. 

So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, 

To see thy power and thy glory. 

Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, 

My lips shall praise thee. 

So will I bless thee as long as I live : 

I will lift up my hands in thy name. 

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and 

fatness ; 
And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful 

lips; 
When I remember thee upon my bed. 
And meditate on thee in the night watches. 
For thou hast been my help. 
And in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 

PSALM LXV 
Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion; 
And unto thee shall the vow be performed. 
O thou that hearest prayer. 
Unto thee shall all flesh come. 
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, 
And causest to approach unto thee. 
That he may dwell in thy courts : 
We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy 

house. 
Even thine holy temple. 

PSALM LXV 

By glorious things dost thou answer us, 
O God of our salvation; 

Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of 
the earth, 



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And of them that are afar off upon the seaj: 

Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and 
evening to rejoice. 

Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it, 

Thou greatly enrichest it ; 

Thou providest grain, when thou hast so pre- 
pared the earth. 

Thou waterest its furrows abundantly; 

Thou settlest the ridges thereof: 

Thou makest it soft with showers; 

Thou blessest the springing thereof. 

Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; 

And thy paths drop fatness. 

They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness ; 

And the hills are girded with joy. 

The pastures are clothed with flocks ; 

The valleys also are covered over with grain ; 

They shout for joy, they also sing. 

The earth is full of thy lovingkindness. 

PSALM LXVII 

God be merciful unto us, and bless us, 

And cause his face to shine upon us ; 

That thy way may be known upon earth, 

Thy saving health among all nations. 

Let the peoples praise thee, O God ; 

Let all the peoples praise thee. 

Oh let the nations be ^lad and sing for joy ; 

For thou shalt judge the peoples righteously. 

And govern the nations upon earth. 

Let the peoples praise thee, O God ; 

Let all the peoples praise thee. 

The earth hath yielded its increase: 



PSALMS 153 



And God, even our own God, shall bless us. 

God shall bless us ; 

And all the ends of the earth shall fear him. 

PSALMS XLV, LXXII 

My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter ; 
I speak the things which I have written concern- 
ing the king. 

Give unto the king thy judgments, O God, 

And thy righteousness unto the king's son. 

He shall judge thy people with equity, 

And thy poor with justice. 

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, 

And the hills righteousness. 

He shall judge the poor of the people. 

Yea, the children of the needy shall he save. 

And remove every oppressor. 

He shall come down like rain upon the mown 

grass. 
As showers that water the earth. 
In his days shall the righteous flourish. 
And abundance of peace, till the moon be no 

more. 
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth , 
And the poor, that hath no helper. 
On the poor and needy shall he have pity, 
And the souls of the afflicted he shall save. 
He shall redeem their soul from oppression and 

violence ; 
Yea, precious shall be their blood in his sight. 
So shall he live: 
And men shall pray for him continually; 



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They shall bless him all the day long. 
His house shall endure for ever ; 
And all nations shall call him happy. 

PSALM LXXIII 

Surely God is good to Israel, 

Even to such as are pure in heart. 

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; 

My steps had well nigh slipped. 

For I was envious at the arrogant. 

When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 

For, said I, there are no pangs in their death ; 

But their strength is firm. 

They are not in trouble as other men; 

Neither are they plagued like other men. 

They put on pride as a golden chain about their 

neck, 
And violence covereth them as a garment. 
Their eyes stand out with fatness ; 
Yea, they have more than heart could wish. 
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: 
They speak loftily. 

They have set their mouth against the heavens. 
And their tongue walketh through the earth. 
And they say, How doth God know? 
And, Is there knowledge with the Most High.'^ 
Behold, these are the wicked; 
Yet are they always at ease, and they increase 

in riches. 
Wherefore I said. Surely in vain have I cleansed 

my heart. 
And washed my hands in innocency ! 
For all the day long am I plagued, 
And chastened every morning. 



PSALMS 155 



When I sought to understand this, 

It was too painful for me ; 

Until I went into the sanctuary of God, 

And considered their latter end. 

Then was my soul grieved, 

And I was pricked in my heart : 

So brutish was I, and ignorant. 

For I am continually with thee : 

Thou hast holden my right hand. 

Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, 

And afterward receive me to glory. 

Whom have I in heaven but thee? 

And upon earth there is none that I desire be- 
sides thee. 

My flesh and my heart f aileth ; 

But God is the strength of my heart and my 
portion for ever. 

For, lo, they that are far from thee shall find no 
rest: 

Yea, they that depart from thy ways shall not 
be established. 

Wherefore it is good for me that I have drawn 
near unto God; 

And that I have made the Lord my refuge. 

PSALM LXXXIV 

How amiable are thy tabernacles, 

O Lord of hosts ! 

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the 

courts of the Lord: 
My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living 

God. 
Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, 



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And the swallow a nest for herself, where she 

may lay her young. 
Even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, 
My King, and my God. 
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: 
Evermore shall they praise thee. 

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; 
In whose heart are the highways to Zion. 
Passing through the valley of Sorrow, they make 

it a place of springs ; 
Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings. 
They go from strength to strength ; 
Every one of them appeareth before God in 

Zion. 

Behold, O God our shield. 

And look upon the face of thine anointed. 

For a day in thy courts is better than a thou- 
sand. 

I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my 
God, 

Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 

For the Lord God is a sun and shield : 

The Lord will give grace and glory ; 

No good thing will be withhold from them that 
walk upirightly. 

O Lord of hosts, 

Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. 

PSALM XC 

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place 
In all generations. 



PSALMS 157 



Before the mountains were brought forth, 

Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the 

world. 
Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art 

God. 
A thousand years in thy sight 
Are but as yesterday when it is past, 
And as a watch in the night. 
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they 

are as a sleep. 
They are like grass which groweth up: 
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; 
In the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee. 
Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 
For all our days are passed away as a shadow : 
We spend our years as a tale that is told. 
The days of our years are threescore years and 

ten. 
Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; 
Yet is their pride but labour and sorrow ; 
For it is soon gone, and we fly away. 

So teach us to number our days. 

That we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 

Oh satisfy us early with thy mercy. 

That we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou 

hast afflicted us. 
And the years wherein we have seen evil. 
Let thy work appear unto thy servants, 
And thy glory upon their children. 
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon 

us: 



168 PSALMS 



And establish thou the work of our hands upon 

us; 
Yea, the work of our hands estabhsh thou it. 

PSALM XCI 

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most 

High 
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 
I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and 

my fortress; 
My God, in whom I trust. 
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the 

fowler, 
And from the noisome pestilence. 
He shall cover thee with his pinions. 
And under his wings shalt thou take refuge : 
His truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by 

night ; 
Nor for the arrow that flieth by day ; 
For the pestilence that walketh in darkness. 
Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 
Though a thousand fall at thy side, 
And ten thousand at thy right hand ; 
It shall not come nigh thee. 

Because thou hast made the Lord, 
Even the Most High, thy habitation ; 
There shall no evil befall thee. 
Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwell- 
ing. 
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, 
To keep thee in all thy ways. 



PSALMS 159 



Upon their hands shall they bear thee. 
Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder : 
The young lion and the dragon shalt thou tram- 
ple under foot. 

Because he hath set his love upon me, saith the 
Lord, therefore will I deliver him : 

I will set him on high, because he hath known 
my name. 

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him ; 

I will be with him in trouble : 

I will deliver him, and honour him. 

With long life will I satisfy him, 

And shew him my salvation. 

PSALM XCII 

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, 

And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most 
High; 

To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morn- 
ing, 

And faithfulness every night. 

For thou. Lord, hast made me glad through thy 
work: 

I will triumph in the works of thy hands. 

PSALM XCV 

Oh come, let us sing unto the Lord ; 

Let us make a joyful noise unto the rock of our 
salvation. 

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiv- 
ing; 



160 PSALMS 



And make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 

For great is the Lord : 

In his hand are the deep places of the earth ; 

The strength of the hills is his also. 

The sea is his, and he made it ; 

And his hands formed the dry land. 

Oh come, let us worship and bow down ; 

Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. 

For he is our God; 

We are the people of his pasture, 

And the sheep of his flock. 

PSALM XCVI 

Oh sing unto the Lord a new song: 

Sing unto the Lord, all the earth. 

Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; 

Shew forth his salvation from day to day. 

Declare his glory among the nations, 

His marvellous works among all the peoples. 

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised : 

Honour and majesty are before him: 

Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. 

Ascribe unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the peo- 
ples, 

Ascribe unto the Lord glory and strength. 

Ascribe unto the Lord the glory due unto his 
name: 

Bring an offering, and come into his courts. 

Oh worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: 

Fear before him, all the earth. 

Say among the nations. The Lord reigneth: 

The world also is established that it cannot be 
moved : 



PSALMS 161 



He shall judge the peoples with equity. 
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth re- 
joice; 
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; 
Let the field exult, and all that is therein; 
Yea, let all the trees of the wood sing for joy 
Before the Lord ; for he cometh, 
Yea, he cometh to judge the earth: 
He shall judge the world with righteousness, 
And the peoples with his truth. 

PSALM C 

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. 

Serve the Lord with gladness : 

Come before his presence with singing. 

Know ye that the Lord, he is God : 

It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves ; 

We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving. 

And into his courts with praise: 

Give thanks unto him, and bless his name. 

For the Lord is good; 

His lovingkindness endureth for ever. 

And his faithfulness unto all generations. 

PSALM cm 

Bless the Lord, O my soul : 

And all that is within me, bless his holy name. 

Bless the Lord, O my soul. 

And forget not all his benefits : 

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; 

Who healeth all thy diseases ; 

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; 



162 PSALMS 



Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and ten- 
der mercies ; 
Who satisfieth thee with good things ; 
So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. 

The Lord executeth righteousness. 

And judgments for all that are oppressed. 

The Lord is merciful and gracious, 

Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 

He hath not dealt with us after our sins ; 

Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 

For as the heavens are high above the earth. 

So great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 

As far as the 3ast is from the west. 

So far hath he removed our transgressions from 

us. 
Like as a father pitieth his children. 
So the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 
For he knoweth our frame ; 
He remembereth that we are dust. 
As for man, his days are as grass ; 
As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; 
And the place thereof shall know it no more. 
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to 

everlasting 
Upon them that fear him, 
And his righteousness unto children's children. 

PSALM CIV 

Bless the Lord, O my soul. 

O Lord my God, thou art very great ; 

Thou art clothed with honour and majesty: 



PSALMS 163 



Who coverest thyself with light as with a gar- 
ment; 

Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain ; 

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the 
waters ; 

Who maketh the clouds his chariot ; 

Who walketh upon the wings of the wind; 

Who maketh winds his messengers; 

Flames of fire his ministers ; 

Who laid the foundations of the earth, 

That it should not be moved for ever. 

Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a ves- 
ture; 

The waters stood above the mountains. 

At thy rebuke they fled; 

At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away 

(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) 

Unto the place which thou hadst formed for 
them. 

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass 
over; 

That they turn not again to cover the earth. 

He sendeth forth springs into the valleys : 

They run among the mountains ; 

They give drink to every beast of the field ; 

The wild animals quench their thirst. 

By them the birds of the heavens have their 

habitation ; 
They sing among the branches. 
He watereth the mountains from his chambers: 
The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works. 
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, 



164 PSALMS 



And herb for the service of man ; 

That he may bring forth food out of the earth, 

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man. 

And oil to make his face to shine, 

And bread that strengtheneth man's heart. 

The trees of the Lord are filled with sap ; 

The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; 

Where the birds make their nests : 

As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house. 

The high mountains are for the wild goats ; 

The rocks are a refuge for the conies. 

He appointed the moon for seasons : 

The sun knoweth his going down. 

Thou makest darkness, and it is night. 

Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth. 

The young lions roar after their prey. 

And seek their food from God. 

The sun ariseth, they get them away, 

And lay them down in their dens. 

Man goeth forth unto his work 

And to his labour until the evening. 

O Lord, how manifold are thy works! 

In wisdom hast thou made them all: 

The earth is full of thy riches. 

Yonder is the sea, great and wide. 

Wherein are things creeping innumerable, 

Both small and great beasts. 

There go the ships ; 

There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to 

play therein. 
These wait all for thee, 



PSALMS 165 



That thou mayest give them their food in due 

season. 
Thou givest unto them, they gather ; 
Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with 

good. 
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled ; 
Thou takest away their breath, they die, 
And return to their dust. 

Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created ; 
And thou renewest the face of the earth. 

Let the glory of the Lord endure for ever ; 

Let the Lord re j oice in his works : 

Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth ; 

He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke. 

I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : 

While I have any being will I sing praise to my 

God. 

PSALM CVII 

O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good ; 
For his lovingkindness endureth for ever. 
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so. 
Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the 

adversary. 
And gathered out of the lands. 
From the east and from the west. 
From the north and from the south. 

They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way ; 

They found no city of habitation. 

Hungry and thirsty. 

Their soul fainted in them. 

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble. 



166 PSALMS 



And he delivered them out of their distresses. 
He led them also by a straight way, 
That they might go to a city of habitation. 
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his 

lovingMndnesSy 
And for his wonderful works to the children of 

men! 
For he satisfieth the longing soul. 
And the hungry soul he filleth with good. 

Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of 

death, 
Being bound in affliction and iron, 
Because they rebelled against the words of God, 
And contemned the counsel of the Most High : 
Therefore brought he down their heart with 

labour ; 
They fell down, and there was none to help. 
Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble. 
And he saved them out of their distresses. 
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow 

of death. 
And brake their bonds in sunder. 
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his 

lovingkindnesSy 
And for his wonderful works to the children of 

men! 
For he hath broken the gates of brass. 
And' cut the bars of iron in sumder. 

Fools because of their transgression. 

And because of their iniquities, are afflicted. 

Their soul abhorreth all manner of food ; 



PSALMS 167 



And they draw nigh unto the gates of death. 
Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, 
And he saveth them out of their distresses. 
He sendeth his word, and healeth therg, 
And delivereth them from their destructions. 
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his 

lovingkindness. 
And for his wonderful works to the children of 

men! 
And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving. 
And declare his works with singing. 

They that go down to the sea in ships. 

That do business in great waters ; 

These see the works of the Lord, 

And his wonders in the deep. 

For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy 

wind. 
Which Ufteth up the waves thereof. 
They mount up to the heavens, they go down 

again to the depths : 
Their soul melteth in them because of trouble. 
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken 

man. 
And are at their wits' end. 
Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble. 
And he bringeth them out of their distresses. 
He maketh the storm a calm. 
So that the waves thereof are still. 
Then are they glad because they are quiet; 
So he bringeth them unto their desired haven. 
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his 

lovingkindness. 



168 PSALMS 



And for his wonderful works to the children of 

men! 
Let theifm exalt him^ also in the assembly of the 

peoplf. 
And praise hinvi m the seat of the elders, 

PSALM CXII 

Bkssed is the man that f eareth the Lord, 

That delighteth greatly in his commandments. 

His name shall be mighty upon earth. 

Yea, the generation of the upright shall be 
blessed. 

Wealth and riches are in his house; 

And his righteousness standeth fast for ever. 

He shineth as a light in the darkness, 

For that he is gracious, and full of compassion, 
and righteous. 

Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously ; 

Who guideth his affairs with rectitude. 

For he shall never be moved : 

The righteous shall be had in everlasting re- 
membrance. 

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: 

His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. 

His heart is established, he shall not be afraid. 

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy ; 

His righteousness endureth for ever; 

His name shall be exalted with honour. 

PSALM CXIII 

Praise ye the Lord. 

Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, 

Praise the name of the Lord. 



PSALMS 169 



Blessed be the name of the Lord 

From this time forth and for evermore. 

From the rising of the sun unto the going down 

of the same 
The Lord's name is to be praised. 
The Lord is high above all nations, 
And his glory above the heavens. 
Who is like unto the Lord our God, 
That dwelleth on high, 
That humbleth himself to behold 
The things that are in heaven, and in the earth? 
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, 
And lif teth the needy out of his distress ; 
That he may set him with princes, 
Even with the princes of his people. 
Praise ye the Lord. 

PSALM CXXI 

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : 

From whence cometh my help? 

My help cometh from the Lord, 

Who made heaven and earth. 

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : 

He that keepeth thee will not slumber. 

Behold, he that keepeth Israel 

Shall neither slumber nor sleep. 

The Lord is thy keeper: 

The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. 

The sun shall not smite thee by day. 

Nor the moon by night. 

The Lor3 shall preserve thee from all evil ; 

He shall preserve thy soul. 



170 PSALMS 



The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy 

coming in 
From this time forth, and for evermore. 

PSALM CXXII 

I was glad when they said unto me, 

Let us go into the house of the Lord. 

Our feet shall stand 

Within thy gates, O Jerusalem, 

Jerusalem that art built up 

As a city that is compact together ; 

Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the 

Lord, 
To give thanks unto the name of the Lord. 

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 
May they prosper that love thee! 
Peace be within thy walls. 
And prosperity within thy palaces! 
For my brethren and companions' sakes, 
I will now say. Peace be within thee ! 
Because of the house of the Lord our God 
I will seek thy good. 

PSALMS CXXIII, CXXV, CXXX 

Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, 

O thau that sittest in the heavens. 

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the 

hand of their master. 
As the eyes of a maid unto the hand of her 

mistress ; 
So our eyes look unto the Lord our God, 
Until he have mercy upon us. 



PSALMS 171 



My soul waiteth for the Lord 
More than watchmen wait for the morning ; 
Yea, more than watchmen for the morning. 
For with the Lord there is lovingkindness. 
And with him is plenteous redemption. 

They that trust in the Lord 

Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but 

abideth for ever. 
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, 
So is the Lord round about his people 
From this time forth and for evermore. 

PSALM CXXVI 

When the Lord turned again the captivity of 

Zion, 
We were like them that dream. 
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, 
And our tongue with singing: 
Then said they among the nations. 
The Lord hath done great things for them. 
The Lord hath done great things for us ; 
Whereof w^e are glad. 
Turn again our captivity, O Lord, 
As the streams in the South. 
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 
He that goeth forth and weepeth. 
Bearing precious seed. 

Shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, 
Bringing his sheaves with him. 

PSALMS CXXVII, CXXVIII, CXLIV 

Except the Lord build the house. 
They labour in vain that build it: 



172 PSALMS 



Except the Lord keep the city. 

The watchman waketh but in vain. 

It is vain for you to rise up early, 

To take rest late. 

To eat the bread of toil ; 

For so he giveth unto his beloved in sleep. 

Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord, 

That walketh in his ways. 

For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands : 

Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with 
thee. 

Thy wife shall be as a beautiful vine, 

In the innermost parts of thy house; 

Thy children like olive plants, 

Round about thy table. 

When our sons shall be as plants grown up in 
their youth. 

And our daughters as richly carved cornerstones ; 

When our garners are full, affording all man- 
ner of store. 

And our sheep bring forth thousands and ten 
thousands in our fields; 

When our oxen are well laden; 

When there is no breaking in, and no going 
forth, 

And no outcry in our fields : 

Then happy is the people; 

Yea, happy is the people whose God is the Lord. 

PSALM CXXXIII 

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is 
For brethren to dwell together in unity ! 



PSALMS 173 



It is like the precious oil upon the head, 

That ran down upon the beard, 

Even Aaron's beard; 

That came down upon the skirt of his garments ; 

Like the dew of Hermon, 

That Cometh down upon the mountains of Zion : 

For there the Lord commanded the blessing, 

Even life for evermore. 

PSALM CXXXVII 
By the rivers of Babylon, 
There we sat down, yea, we wept. 
When we remembered Zion. 
Upon the willows in the midst thereof, 
We hung our harps. 

For there they that carried us away captive 
Required of us a song; 
And they that wasted us 
Required of us mirth, saying. 
Sing us one of the songs of Zion ! 
How shall we sing the Lord's song 
In a strange land.^ 
If I forget thee,,0 Jerusalem, 
Let my right hand forget her cunning! 
Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, 
If I remember not thee; 
If I prefer not Jerusalem 
Above my chief joy! 

PSALM CXXXIX 

O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. 
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine upris- 
ing; 



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Thou understandest my thought afar off. 
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, 
And art acquainted with all my ways. 
For there is not a word in my tongue. 
But, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. 
Thou hast beset me behind and before. 
And laid thine hand upon me. 
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; 
It is high, I cannot attain unto it. 

Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? 

Or whither shall I flee from thy presence .^^ 

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: 

If I make my bed in the grave, behold, thou 

art there. 
If I take the wings of the morning. 
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; 
Even there shall thy hand lead me. 
And thy right hand shall hold me. 
If I say. Surely the darkness shall cover me; 
Even the night shall be light about me. 
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee ; 
But the night shineth as the day : 
The darkness and the light are both alike to thee. 

I will praise thee; 

For I am fearfully and wonderfully made: 
Marvellous are thy works ; 
And that my soul knoweth right well. 
My substance was not hid from thee. 
When I was made in secret, 

And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the 
earth. 



PSALMS 175 



Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being un- 
perf ect ; 

And in thy book were all my members written. 

Which in continuance were fashioned, 

When as yet there was none of them. 

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O 
God! 

How great is the sun of them ! 

If I should count them, they are more in num- 
ber than the sand : 

When I awake, I am still with thee. 

Search me, O God, and know my heart : 
Try me, and know my thoughts ; 
And see if there be any wicked way in me, 
And lead me in the way everlasting. 

PSALMS XIX, CXLI 

Give ear to my voice, O Lord, as I call upon 
thee. 

Let my prayer be set forth as incense before 
thee; 

The lifting up of my hands as the evening sac- 
rifice. 

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; 

Guard thou the door of my lips: 

That the words of my mouth and the meditation 
of my heart 

May be acceptable in thy sight, 

Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. 

PSALM CXLV 

1 will extol thee, my God, O King ; 

And I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 



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Every day will I bless thee ; 

And I will praise thy name for ever and ever. 

Great is the Lord, and exceeding worthy to be 

praised ; 
Yea, his greatness is unsearchable. 
One generation shall laud thy works to another, 
And shall declare thy mighty acts. 
Of the glorious majesty of thine honour, 
And of thy wondrous works, will I meditate. 
And men shall speak of the might of thy 

glorious acts: 
And thy greatness will I declare. 
They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy 

great goodness, 
And shall sing of thy righteousness. 

The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; 

Slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness. 

The Lord is good to all ; 

And his tender mercies are over all his works. 

All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; 

And thy saints shall bless thee. 

They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, 

And talk of thy power ; 

To make known to the sons of men his mighty 
acts, 

And the glorious majesty of his kingdom. 

Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 

And thy dominion endureth throughout all gen- 
erations. 

The Lord upholdeth all that fall, 

And raiseth up all those that be bowed down. 



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The Lord is nigh unto all that call upon him, 
To all that call upon him in truth. 
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him ; 
He also will hear their cry, and will save them. 
The Lord preserveth all them that love him. 
My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord; 
And let all flesh bless his 'holy name for ever 
and ever. 

PSALM CXLVII 

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem ; 

Praise thy God, O Zion. 

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates ; 

He hath blessed thy children within thee. 

He maketh peace in thy borders ; 

He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. 

He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth; 

His word runneth very swiftly. 

He giveth snow like wool ; 

He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. 

He casteth forth his ice like morsels : 

Who can stand before his cold? 

He sendeth out his word, and melteth them : 

He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters 

flow. 
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, 
His statutes and his ordinances unto Israel. 
He hath not dealt so with any nation : 
And as for his judgments, they have not known 

them. 
Praise ye the Lord. 



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PSALM CXLVIII 

Praise the Lord. 

Praise ye the Lord from the heavens : 

Praise him in the heights. 

Praise ye him, all his angels : 

Praise ye him, all his host. 

Praise ye him, sun and moon : 

Praise him, all ye stars of light. 

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens. 

And ye waters that be above the heavens. 

Let them praise the name of the Lord; 

For he commanded, and they were created. 

He hath also established them for ever and 

ever : 
He hath made a decree which shall not pass 

away. 

Praise the Lord from the earth, 

Ye dragons, and all deeps; 

Fire and hail, snow and vapour; 

Stormy wind, fulfilling his word; 

Mountains and all hills ; 

Fruitful trees and all cedars; 

Beasts and all cattle; 

keeping things and flying fowl; 

Kings of the earth and all peoples; 

Princes and all judges of the earth; 

Both young men and maidens ; 

013 men and children: 

Let them praise the name of the Lord ; 

For his name alone is exalted; 

His glory is above the earth and the heavens. 

Praise ye the Lord. 



THE PROVERBS 



PROVERBS I 



My son, if sinners entice thee, 

Consent thou not. 

If they say. Come with us, 

We shall find all precious substance; 

We shall fill our houses with spoil; 

Cast in thy lot among us; 

We will all have one purse '^ — 

My son, walk not thou in the way with them ; 

Refrain thy foot from their path: 

Avoid it, pass not by it ; 

Turn from it, and pass on. 

For their feet run to evil. 

And they make haste to shed blood. 

In vain is the net spread 

In the sight of any bird: 

And these lay wait for their own blood; 

They lurk privily for their own lives. 

Can a man take fire in his bosom. 

And his clothes not be burned.'^ 

Or can one walk upon hot coals., 

And his feet not be scorched? 

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of 

gain ; 
It taketh away the life of the owners thereof. 
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PROVERBS I, II 

My son, if thou wilt receive my words. 
And lay up my commandments with thee; 
So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom. 
And apply thy heart to understanding; 
Yea, if thou cry after discernment, 
And lift up thy voice for understanding; 
If thou seek her as silver. 
And search for her as for hid treasures: 
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, 
And find the knowledge of God. 



For the Lord giveth wisdom; 

Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and under- 
standing : 

He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; 

He is a shield to them that walk in integrity. 

That they may keep the paths of justice. 

Yea, he preserveth the way of his saints. 

Then shalt thou understand righteousness and 
justice. 

Equity, yea, every good path. 

For wisdom shall enter into thy heart. 

And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul; 

Discretion shall watch over thee; 

Understanding shall keep thee: 

To deliver thee from the way of evil. 

From the men that speak perverse things ; 

That thou mayest walk in the ways of good 
men. 

And keep the paths of the righteous. 



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PROVERBS I, VI, VII 

Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; 

She uttereth her voice in the broad places ; 

She crieth at the head of the noisy streets ; 

At the entrance of the gates, 

In the city, she uttereth her words, saying: 

Whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, 

And shall be quiet without fear of evil. 

If thou say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; 

And call understanding thy familiar friend : 

Then shalt thou walk in the way of good men, 

And keep the paths of the righteous. 

When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; 

When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; 

And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 

For the commandment is a lamp ; and the law is 

hght; 
And reproofs of instruction are the way of life. 

PROVERBS III 

My son, forget not my law; 

But let thy heart keep my commandments : 

For length of days, and years of life. 

And peace, will they add to thee. 

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: 

Bind them about thy neck; 

Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: 

So shalt thou find favour and good repute 

In the sight of God and man. 

Trust in the Lord with all thy heart. 

And lean not upon thine own understanding: 

In all thy ways acknowledge him. 



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And he will direct thy paths. 

Be not wise in thine own eyes ; 

Fear the Lord, and depart from evil: 

It shall be health to thy flesh. 

And strength to all thy bones. 

Ponder the path of thy feet, 

And let all thy ways be ordered aright. 

So shall the Lord make straight thy paths, 

And thy goings will he conduct in peace. 

PROVERBS III, IV 

Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, 

And attend to know understanding: 

For I give you good doctrine; 

Forsake ye not my law. 

Get wisdom, get understanding; 

Forget not, neither decline from the words of my 

mouth ; 
Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee ; 
Love her, and she will keep thee. 
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get 

wisdom ; 
Yea, with all thy getting get understanding. 
Exalt her, and she will promote thee ; 
She will bring thee to honour, when thou dost 

choose her. 
She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace ; 
And will deliver to thee a crown of glory. 

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom. 

And the man that getteth understanding. 

For the gaining of it is better than the gaining 

of silver. 
And the profit thereof than fine gold. 



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She is more precious than rubies : 

And none of the things thou canst desire are to 

be compared unto her. 
Length of days is in her right hand; 
In her left hand are riches and honour. 
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, 
And all her paths are peace. 

PROVERBS IV, V, VI 

My son, attend to my words ; 

Incline thine ear unto these sayings. 

Let them not depart from thine eyes; 

Keep them in the midst of thine heart. 

For they are life unto those that find them. 

And health to all their flesh. 

Keep thine heart with all diligence; 

For out of it are the issues of life. 

Put away from thee a wayward mouth. 

And perverse lips put far from thee. 

Let thine eyes look right on, 

And let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 

Ponder the path of thy feet, 

And let all thy ways be ordered aright. 

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: 

Remove thy foot from evil. 

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the 

Lord; 
And he weigheth carefully all his paths. 
His own iniquities shall take the wicked. 
And he shall be holden with the cords of his own 

sin. 
He shall die for lack of instruction; 
And in the greatness of his folly he shall go 

astray. 



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For the way of the wicked is as darkness ; 

They know not at what they stumble: 

But the path of the righteous is as the dawning 

light, 

That shineth more and more unto the perfect 

day. 

PROVERBS VIII 

I, Wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. 

And find out knowledge and discretion. 

Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: 

I am understanding; I have might. 

By me kings reign, 

And princes decree justice. 

By me princes rule. 

And nobles, even all the judges of the earth. 

I love them that love me; 

And those that seek me diligently shall find me. 

Riches and honour are with me; 

Yea, durable wealth and righteousness. 

My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold ; 

And my increase than choice silver. 

I walk in the way of righteousness, 

In the midst of the paths of justice; 

That I may cause those that love me to inherit 

substance. 
And that I may fill their treasuries. 

The Lord formed me in the beginning of his 
way. 

Before his works of old. 

I was set up from everlasting, from the begin- 
ning. 

Or ever the earth was. 



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When there were no depths, I was brought 

forth; 
When there were no fountains abounding with 

water. 
Before the mountains were settled, 
Before the hills was I brought forth; 
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the 

fields. 
Nor the beginning of the dust of the world. 
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: 
When he set a circle upon the face of the deep. 
When he made firm the skies above. 
When the fountains of the deep became strong. 
When he gave to the sea its bound. 
That the waters should not transgress his com- 
mandment. 
When he marked out the foundations of the 

earth ; 
Then I was by him, as a master workman; 
And I was daily his delight. 
Rejoicing always before him, 
Joying in his habitable earth; 
And my delight was with the sons of men. 

Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me; 

For blessed are they that keep my ways. 

Hear instruction, and be wise. 

And refuse it not. 

For he that sinneth against me wrongeth his 

own soul; 
All that hate me love death: 
But whoso findeth me findeth life. 



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PROVERBS XX, XXIII, XXXI 
Isaiah v. Habakkuk ii 

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morn- 
ing, 
That they may follow strong drink! 
That sit late into the night, 
Wine inflaming them ! 

And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, 
And wine, are in their feasts: 
But they regard not the work of the Lord, 
Neither consider the operation of his hands. 

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, 
Mixing therewith thy wrath, and makest him 

drunken also. 
That thou mayest behold their shame! 
Thou art filled with shame, and not with glory: 
Yea, foul shame shall be upon thee. 
For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, 
And the destruction of the beasts shall terrify 

thee. 
Because of men's blood, and for the violence done 

to' the land. 
To the city and to all that dwell therein. 

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? 

Who hath contentions? who hath babbling? 

Who hath wounds without cause? 

Who hath redness of eyes? 

They that tarry long at the wine: 

They that go to seek mixt wine. 

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red. 



PROVERBS 187 



When it giveth its colour in the cup. 

When it goeth down smoothly. 

At the last it biteth like a serpent, 

And stingeth like an adder. 

Thine eyes shall behold strange things. 

And thy lips shall utter perverse words. 

Hear thou, my son, and be wise. 

And guide thine heart in the way. 

Be not amongst winebibbers; 

Amongst gluttonous eaters of flesh: 

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to 

poverty, 
And drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. 
It is not for young men to drink wine; 
Nor for old men to desire strong drink: 
Lest they drink, and forget the law. 
And pervert the cause of the afflicted. 
For wine is a mocker; strong drink, a brawler: 
And whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. 

PROVERBS XXXI 

How beyond all price is the virtuous woman ! 

Yea, her value is far above rubies. 

The heart of her husband trusteth in her, 

And he shall have no need of spoil. 

She doeth him good and not evil 

All the days of her life. 

She seeketh wool and flax, 

And worketh willingly with her hands. 

She is like the merchant-ships; 

She bringeth her bread from afar. 

She riseth also while it is yet night. 



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And giveth food to her household, 

And their task to her maidens. 

She looketh well to the ways of her household. 

And eateth not the bread of idleness. 

She considereth a field, and buyeth it; 

With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vine- 
yard. 

She girdeth herself with strength, 

And maketh strong her arms. 

She layeth her hands to the distaff, 

And her hands hold the spindle. 

She is not afraid of the snow for her household ; 

For all her household are clothed with scarlet. 

As for her, strength and dignity are her cloth- 
ing; 

And she laugheth at the time to come. 

She stretcheth out her hand to the poor ; 

Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. 

She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; 

And the law of kindness is on her tongue. 

Her children rise up, and call her blessed; 

Her husband also, and he praiseth her, saying: 

Many daughters have done worthily, 

But thou excellest them all. 

Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain ; 

But a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall 
be praised. 

Give her of the fruit of her hands; 

And let her works praise her in the gates. 



ECCLESIASTES 



ECCLESIASTES 



I the Preacher was king over Israel In Jeru- 
salem. And I applied my heart to seek and to 
search out by wisdom concerning all that is done 
under heaven, till I might see what it was good 
for the sons of men that they should do all the 
days of their life. 

I made me great works ; I builded me houses ; 
I planted me vineyards ; I made me gardens and 
parks, and I planted therein all manner of fruit- 
trees ; I made me pools of water, to water there- 
from the forest where trees were reared: I 
bought menservants and maidservants, and had 
servants bom in my house. Also I had great 
possessions of herds and flocks, above all that 
were before me in Jerusalem: I gathered me 
also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure 
of kings and kingdoms; I gat me mensingers 
and womensingers, and the delights of the sons 
of men, musical instruments of all sorts. So 
was I great, and increased more than all that 
were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom 
remained with me. And whatsoever mine eyes 
desired I kept not from them ; I withheld not my 
heart from any joy. 

Then I looked on all the works that my hands 
had wrought, and on the labour that I had la- 
boured to do: and behold, all was vanity and a 
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190 ECCLESIASTES 

striving after wind, and there was no profit un- 
der the sun. And I hated all my labour where- 
in I had laboured under the sun, seeing that I 
must leave it unto the man that shall come after 
me. And who knoweth whether he will be a 
wise man or a fool.^^ yet shall he have rule over 
all my labour wherein I have laboured, and 
wherein I have shewn myself wise under the sun. 
Therefore did my heart despair concerning all 
the labour wherein I had laboured. For there 
is a man whose labour is with wisdom, and with 
knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man 
that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it 
for his portion. This also is vanity ! For as 
he came into the world naked, so shall he go 
again even as he came, and shall take nothing 
from his labour, which he may carry away in 
his hand. 

So I returned, and saw under the sun, that 
there is nothing better for the sons of men than 
to rejoice in their labour, and to do good so 
long as they live. This is the conclusion of the 
whole matter : Fear God, and keep his command- 
ments; for this is the whole duty of man. 

ECCLESIASTES II, VII, IX, X 

I have seen wisdom under the sun on this 
wise, and it seemed great unto me: There was 
a little city, and few men within it; and there 
came a great king against it, and besieged it, 
and built great bulwarks against it. Now there 
was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his 
wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remem- 
bered that same poor man. 



ECCLESIASTES 191 

There is also an evil which I have seen under 
the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth 
from them that rule: Folly is set in great dig- 
nity, and men of understanding made to sit in 
low place. Yea, I have seen fools riding upon 
horses, and wise men walking behind them as 
servants ! 

All this therefore have I laid to mine heart, and 
searched it out: That the race is not to the 
swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet 
bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of un- 
derstanding, nor yet favour to men of skill. 
Nevertheless though the poor man's wisdom is 
despised, and his words are not honoured, yet 
wisdom is better than strength. The words of 
the wise, though they be spoken in quiet, are 
heard more than the cry of him that ruleth 
among fools. Wisdom is a strength to the wise 
more than ten rulers which are in a city. Yea, 
wisdom is better than weapons of war: for wis- 
dom is a defence, even as money is a defence; 
but the excellency of knowledge is, that if a man 
have wisdom, it shall preserve his life. 

ECCLESIASTES 

There is a grievous evil which I have seen 
under the sun, and it weigheth heavily upon me : 
There is a righteous mc.n that perisheth in his 
righteousness, and there is a wicked man that 
prolongeth his life in his evil-doing. Yea, there 
be righteous men, unto whom it happeneth ac- 
cording to the work of the wicked; also there be 
wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to 
the work of the righteous. 



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Moreover I saw under the sun. In the place of 
justice, that iniquity was there; and in the place 
of righteousness, that wickedness was there. 
And I saw all the oppressions that are done un- 
der the sun: and behold, the tears of such as 
were oppressed, and they had no comforter; 
and on the side of their oppressors there was 
power and violence. 

Then I said within myself: Surely this is a 
vanity, that there should be one event ahke to 
the wicked and to the righteous ! For God will 
judge between the righteous and the wicked, 
seeing that with him there is a time for every 
purpose and every work. But because the sen- 
tence against an evil work is not speedily exe- 
cuted, therefore the heart of the sons of men is 
emboldened to do evil. Yet though one do evil 
an hundred times, and prolong his days withal, 
yet surely I know that it shall be well with them 
that fear God, that truly fear before him: but 
with the wicked it shall not be well, because he 
feareth not before God. 

All this therefore have I laid to mine heart, 
and searched it out: That the righteous, and 
the wicked, and all their works, are in the hand 
of God; whether it be love or hatred, all is be- 
fore him. It is good that thou shouldest take 
hold of this; yea, also that thou withdraw not 
thine hand from doing good. And if thou seest 
the oppression of the poor, and the violent per- 
version of justice and righteousness, be not thou 
dismayed thereat ; for One higher than the high 
regardeth. For verily God shall bring every 



ECCLESIASTES 193 

work into judgment, with every hidden thing, 
whether it be good or whether it be evil. 

ECCLESIASTES V 
Proverbs 

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under 

the sun, 
Even riches kept by the owner thereof to his 

hurt: 
And those riches perish by evil adventure. 
As he came into the world naked. 
So shall he go again even as he came, 
And shall take nothing from his labour. 
Which he may carry away in his hand. 
He that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with 

silver ; 
Nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: 
For all things pass away. 
This is vanity and a striving after wind! 

Weary not thyself therefore to be rich; 

Cease for thine own good. 

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is 
naught.? 

For riches certainly make themselves wings. 

Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven. 

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the be- 
ginning ; 

But the end thereof shall not be blessed. 

Yea, he that trusteth in his riches shall fall: 

But the righteous shall flourish as the green 
leaf. 



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For better is the poor that walketh in his in- 
tegrity, 

Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he 
be rich. 

Two things have I asked of the Lord; 

Deny me them not before I die: 

Remove far from me vanity and hes : 

Give me neither poverty nor riches; 

Feed me with the food that is needful for me : 

Lest I be full, and deny thee, 

And say, Who is the Lord? 

Or lest I be poor, and steal. 

And use profanely the name of my God. 

For better is a little with righteousness 

Than great revenues with injustice. 

Yea, there is that maketh himself rich, yet hath 

nothing: 
And there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath 

great wealth. 

ECCLESIASTES XI 

Cast thy bread upon the waters: 
For thou shalt find it after many days. 
Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; 
For thou knowest not what evil may come upon 

the earth. 
When the clouds are full of rain. 
They empty themselves upon the earth: 
And if a tree fall toward the south or toward 

the north. 
In the place where the tree falleth, there will it 

lie. 



ECCLESIASTES 195 

Whoso observeth the wind shall not sow; 
And he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. 
As thou knowest not what is the way of the 

wind, 
Nor how the clouds are formed in the heaven : 
Even so thou knowest not the power of God who 

worketh all things. 

In the morning therefore sow thy seed, 
And in the evening withhold not thine hand: 
For thou knowest not which shall prosper, this 

or that. 
Or whether they both shall be alike good. 
Truly the light is sweet. 

And it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun : 
Yea, if a man live many years. 
Let a man rejoice in them all; 
Yet let him remember the days of darkness ; 
For they shall be many. 
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, 
And put away evil from thy flesh. 
Fear God, and keep his commandments: 
For this is the whole duty of man. 

ECCLESIASTES XII 

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy 

youth, 
While the evil days come not, nor the years 

draw nigh. 
When thou shalt say, 
I have no pleasure in them ; 
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the 

stars, be not darkened, 



196 ECCLESIASTES 

Nor the clouds return after the rain : 

In the day when the keepers of the house shall 

tremble. 
And the strong men shall bow themselves. 
And the grinders cease because they are few, 
And those that look out of the windows be dark- 
ened. 
And the doors shall be shut in the streets. 
When the sound of the grinding is low. 
And he shall rise up at the voice of a bird. 
And all the daughters of music shall be brought 

low; 
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is 

high, 
And terrors shall be in the way; 
And the almond tree shall blossom. 
And the grasshopper shall drag itself along. 
And the caper-berry shall fail: 
Because man goeth to his long home. 
And the mourners go about the streets: 
Or ever the silver cord be loosed. 
Or the golden bowl be broken. 
Or the pitcher be shattered at the fountain. 
Or the wheel be broken at the cistern. 
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it 

was: 
And the spirit shall return unto God who gave 
it. 



THE BOOK OF ISAIAH 

ISAIAH I 

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! 

For the Lord hath spoken: 

I have nourished and brought up children, 

And they have rebelled against me. 

The ox knoweth his owner, 

And the ass his master's crib; 

But Israel doth not know. 

My people doth not consider. 

Hear therefore the word of the Lord ; 

Give ear unto the law of our God. 

What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices ? 
saith the Lord : 

I have had enough of burnt-offerings, and the 
fat of fed beasts ; 

And I delight not in the blood of lambs or of 
goats. 

When ye come to appear before me, 

Who hath required this at your hands, to tram- 
ple my courts? 

Bring no more vain oblations ; incense is an 
abomination unto me; 

New moon and sabbath, the calling of assem- 
blies, I cannot away with; 

It is iniquity, even the solemn meeting! 

Your new moons and your appointed feasts my 
soul hateth; 

197 



198 ISAIAH 



They are a trouble unto me; 

I am weary of bearing them. 

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will 

hide mine eyes; 
Yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not 

hear: 
For your hands are full of blood. 
Wash you, make you clean ! 
Put away the evil of your doings from before 

mine eyes ; 
Cease to do evil, learn to do well ; 
Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, 
Judge the fatherless, plead for the widow : 
For these are the things that I delight in, saith 

the Lord. 

ISAIAH II, XXXII 
(Micah iv) 

Behold, it shall come to pass in the latter days, 

That the mountain of the Lord's house 

Shall be established in the top of the mountains, 

And shall be exalted above the hills ; 

And all nations shall flow unto it. 

And many peoples shall go and say: 

Come ye, let us go up to the mountain of the 

Lord, 
To the house of the God of Jacob ; 
And he will teach us of his ways, 
And we will walk in his paths. 

For out of Zion shall go forth the law, 
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 
And he shall judge between the nations, 



ISAIAH 199 



And arbitrate for many peoples; 

And they shall beat their swords into plow- 
shares, 

And their spears into pruninghooks ; 

Nation shall not lift up sword against nation. 

Neither shall they learn war any more. 

But they shall sit every man under his vine and 
under his fig tree; 

And none shall make them afraid. 

For the people shall abide in a peaceable habita- 
tion. 

And in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting- 
places. 

Then shall the wilderness become a fruitful 
field. 

And the fruitful field be counted for a forest. 

Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness. 

And righteousness shall abide in the fruitful 
field. 

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; 

And the effect of righteousness quietness and 
confidence for ever. 

ISAIAH III, V, X 
Micah ii 

Woe unto them that devise iniquity, 

And plot evil upon their beds ! 

When the morning is light, they practise it, 

Because it is in the power of their hand. 

And they covet fields, and seize them ; 

And houses, and take them away : 

So they oppress a man and his house, 

Even a man and his heritage. 



200 ISAIAH 



Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, 
And to the Avriters that write perverseness ; 
To turn aside the needy from justice, 
And to rob the poor of my people of their right, 
That widows may be their spoil. 
And that they make the fatherless their prey ! 
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces. 
And grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord 
God of hosts. 

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good 
evil; 

That put darkness for light, and light for dark- 
ness; 

That put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, 

And prudent in their own sight! 

Woe unto them that are mighty — to work in- 
iquity, 

And are men of great courage — to do evil ; 

That justify the wicked for a bribe. 

And take away the righteousness of the right- 
eous from him ! 

Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well 

with him; 
For he shall eat the fruit of his doings. 
Woe unto the wicked ! it shall be ill with him ; 
For the reward of his own hands shall be given 

him. 
Because he hath rejected the law of the Lord of 

hosts. 
And hath despised the word of the Holy One. 



ISAIAH 201 



And the mean man shall be brought down. 
And the mighty man shall be humbled; 
For the Lord of hosts is exalted in justice, 
And God the Holy One is sanctified in righteous- 
ness. 

ISAIAH VI 

In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the 
Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up ; 
and his train filled the temple. Above him stood 
the seraphim: each one had six wings; with 
twain he covered his face, and with twain he 
covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And 
one cried unto another, and said : 

Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts : 
The fulness of the whole earth is his glory. 

Then said I, Woe is me ! for I am undone ; 
because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell 
in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for 
mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. 
Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having 
a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with 
the tongs from off^ the altar : and he touched my 
mouth with it, and said, Lo, this hath touched 
thy lips ; and thine iniquity is taken away, and 
thy sin forgiven. And I heard the voice of the 
Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will 
go for us.^ Then I said. Here am I; send me. 

ISAIAH IX, XI, XLII, LV, LXI 
Micah V 
The people that walked in darkness 
Have seen a great light: 



202 ISAIAH 

They that dwelt in the land of the shadow of 

death, 
Upon them hath the light shined. 
For unto us a child is born. 
Unto us is a son given. 
For thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, 
Though thou be little among the families of 

Judah, 
Yet out of thee there cometh forth 
He that is to be ruler in Israel. 
And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, 
The spirit of wisdom and understanding. 
The spirit of counsel and might. 
The spirit of the knowledge and fear of the 

Lord. 
And he shall not judge after the sight of his 

eyes. 
Neither decide after the hearing of his ears ; 
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, 
And decide with equity for the oppressed of the 

earth. 
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his 

waist. 
And faithfulness the girdle of his loins. 
He shall not cry, nor lift up his voice. 
Nor cause it to be heard in the street. 
A bruised reed will he not break. 
And a smoldering wick will he not quench: 
He shall bring forth justice in truth. 
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, 
Till he have set justice in the earth; 
And the isles shall wait for his law. 



ISAIAH 203 



For thus saith the Lord: 

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the 
peoples, 

A leader and commander to the nations, 

For a light of the Gentiles ; 

To open the blind eyes. 

To bring out the prisoners from the dungeon. 

And them that sit in darkness out of the prison- 
house ; 

To comfort all that mourn. 

To give unto them beauty for ashes. 

The oil of joy for mourning, 

And the garment of praise for the spirit of 
heaviness. 

Break forth into joy, sing together! 
For the Lord hath comforted his people, 
He hath redeemed his chosen ones ; 
And all the ends of the earth 
Have seen the salvation of our God. 

ISAIAH XXV, XXXIII 

O Lord, be gracious unto us; 

We have waited for thee: 

Be thou our arm every morning. 

Our salvation also in the time of trouble. 

For thou hast done wonderful things; 

Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. 

For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, 

A strength to the needy in his distress, 

A refuge from the storm, a shadow from the 
heat. 

And the Lord will destroy the face of the cover- 
ing 



204 ISAIAH 



That is cast over all peoples. 

And the veil that is spread over all nations. 

He will swallow up death in victory; 

And the Lord will wipe away tears from off all 

faces ; 
And the reproach of his people shall he take 

away from off all the earth. 
And it shall be said in that day : 
Lo, this is our God; 

We have waited for him, and he hath saved us : 
This is the Lord ; we have waited for him, 
We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. 

ISAIAH XXIX 

Job xii, xxxiv. Psalm xciv. Jeremiah xvii, xxiii. 

Hebrews iv 

Woe unto them that seek to hide deep their 

counsel from the Lord, 
And whose works are in the dark. 
And that say, Who seeth us, and who knoweth.'^ 
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? 
He that formed the eye, shall not he see? 
Yea, the eyes of the Lord are upon the ways of 

a man. 
And he seeth his secret goings. 
He uncovereth deep things out of darkness. 
And bringeth out to light the hidden purposes 

of the heart. 
For the word of God is quick to discern the 

thoughts and intents of the heart. 
And there is no creature that is not manifest in 

his sight: 
But all things are naked and laid open 
Before the eyes of him, with whom we have to do. 



ISAIAH 205 



Is there any darkness or thick gloom. 
Where the workers of iniquity may hide them- 
selves ? 
Can any hide himself in secret places. 
That I shall not see him? saith the Lord. 
Am I a God afar off, and not a God near at 

hand ? 
Do not I fill heaven and earth? 
I, the Lord, search the mind, I try the heart, 
Even to give every man according to his ways, 
And to reward every man according to the fruit 
of his doings. 

ISAIAH XXIX, XXXII 

Stay yourselves and wonder; 

Cry ye out in astonishment! 

For my people are drunken, but not with wine; 

They stagger, but not from strong drink. 

For the spirit of deep sleep hath fallen upon 
you, 

And hath closed your eyes ; 

The prophets and the seers have blinded them- 
selves. 

And all vision is become unto you as a sealed 
book. 

Which men deliver to one that is learned. 

Saying, Read this, I pray thee; 

And he saith, I cannot ; for it is sealed : 

And the book is delivered to him that is not 
learned. 

Saying, Read this, I pray thee; 

And he saith, I cannot ; for I am not learned. 



206 ISAIAH 



Wherefore thus saith the Lord : 

Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me 
with their mouth. 

And do honour me with their lips, 

While their heart they have removed far from 
me. 

And their fear of me is a commandment of men ; 

Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a mar- 
vellous work among this people. 

Even a marvellous work and a wonder: 

For the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, 

And the understanding of their prudent men 
shall be hid. 

And the eyes of them that see shall be not dim. 

And the ears of them that hear shall hearken. 

And the heart of the rash shall understand 
knowledge. 

And the tongue of the stammerers shall be 
ready to speak plainly. 

And in that day shall the deaf hear the words 
of the book. 

And the eyes of the blind shall see out of ob- 
scurity and out of darkness. 

They also that err in spirit shall come to under- 
standing. 

And they that murmur shall receive instruc- 
tion. 

Then shall the meek increase their joy in the 
Lord, 

And the poor among men shall rejoice in the 
Holy One. 



ISAIAH 207 

ISAIAH XXX, XXXI 

Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, 
That take counsel, but not of me; 
And that make a league, but not of my Spirit ; 
That set out to go down into Egypt for help ; 
And trust in chariots, because they are many ; 
And in horsemen, because they are very strong; 
But unto the Holy One of Israel they look not, 
Neither seek the Lord ! 

Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; 
And their horses flesh, and not Spirit: 
Wherefore both he that helpeth shall stumble, 
And he that is helped shall fall. 

Now go, write it before them on a tablet. 

And inscribe it in a book. 

That it may be for the time to come. 

Even a witness for ever. 

For thus saith the Lord God: 

In returning and rest shall ye be saved; 

In quietness and in confidence shall be your 
strength. 

And though the Lord give you the bread of ad- 
versity and the water of affliction. 

Yet shall not thy Teacher be hidden any more. 

But thine eyes shall behold thy Teacher; 

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee. 

Saying, This is the way, walk ye in it ; 

When ye turn to the right hand, and when ye 
turn to the left. 

For the Lord is a God of justice; 

Blessed are all they that wait for him. 



208 ISAIAH 



ISAIAH XI, XXXII, XLII 

Behold, it shall come to pass in that day. 
That a man shall be as a hiding-place from the 

wind. 
And a covert from the tempest. 
As streams of water in a dry place. 
As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. 
Then shall the vile person be no more called 

liberal. 
Nor the churl said to be bountiful. 
For the vile person will speak folly. 
And his heart will work iniquity, 
To practise hypocrisy, and to utter error 

against the Lord, 
To make empty the soul of the hungry. 
And to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 
The instruments also of the churl are evil: 
He deviseth wicked devices 
To destroy the poor with lying words, 
Even when the needy speaketh right. 
But the liberal man deviseth liberal things ; 
And by liberal things shall he stand. 

For the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him> 
The spirit of wisdom and understanding. 
The spirit of counsel and might. 
The spirit of the knowledge and fear of the 

Lord. 
And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord ; 
And he shall not judge after the sight of his 

eyes, 



ISAIAH 209 



Neither decide after the hearing of his ears ; 
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, 
And decide with equity for the oppressed of the 

earth. 
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his 

waisT, 
And faithfulness the girdle of his loins. 
He shall not cry, nor lift up his voice. 
Nor cause it to be heard in the street. 
A bruised reed will he not break, 
And a dimly burning wick will he not quench. 
He shall not fail nor be discouraged. 
Till he have established justice in the earth. 

ISAIAH XXXV 

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be 

glad; 
And the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the 

rose. 
It shall blossom abundantly. 
And rejoice even with joy and singing; 
The glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, 
The excellency of Carmel and Sharon: 
They shall see the glory of the Lord, 
And the excellency of our God. 

Strengthen ye the weak hands. 

And confirm the feeble knees. 

Say to them that are of a fearful heart, 

Be strong, fear not! 

Behold your God will come with recompense; 

He will come and save you. 

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened. 



210 ISAIAH 



And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, 
And the tongue of the dumb shall sing; 
For in the wilderness shall waters break out, 
And streams in the desert. 
And the parched ground shall become a pool, 
And the thirsty land springs of water: 
In the habitation of jackals, where they lay, 
Shall be grass with reeds and rushes. 
And a highway shall be there, and a way. 
And it shall be called The way of holiness; 
The unclean shall not pass over it ; but it shall 

be for the redeemed: 
The wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err 

therein. 
No lion shall be there. 

Nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon ; 
They shall not be found there; 
But the redeemed shall walk there: 
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return. 
And come to Zion with songs ; 
And everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: 
They shall obtain joy and gladness. 
And sorrow and sighing shall flee away. 

ISAIAH XL, XLIV 

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your 

God. 
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem ; and cry 

unto her, 
That her warfare is accomplished. 
That her iniquity is pardoned: 



ISAIAH 211 

For she hath received of the Lord's hand double 
for all her sins. 

The voice of him that crieth, 

Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of the 

Lord ; 
Make straight in the desert a highway for our 

God. 
Every valley shall be exalted, 
And every mountain and hill shall be made low ; 
And the crooked shall be made straight. 
And the rough places plain: 
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed. 
And all flesh shall see it together: 
For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 

The voice said, Cry! 

And one said. What shall I cry? 

All flesh is grass. 

And all the goodliness thereof is as the flower 

of the field: 
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth. 
Because the breath of the Lord bloweth upon it : 
Surely the people is grass ! 
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; 
But the word of our God shall stand for ever. 

O thou that bringest good tidings to Zion, 

Get thee up on a high mountain! 

O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, 

Lift up thy voice with strength! 

Lift it up! be not afraid; 

Say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God ! 



212 ISAIAH 

Behold, the Lord will come with strong hand, 
And his arm shall rule for him: 
Behold, his reward is with him, 
And his recompense before him. 
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd. 
He shall gather the lambs in his arm. 
And carry them in his bosom, 
And shall gently lead those that have their 
young. 

Sing, O ye heavens, for the Lord hath done it ; 

Shout, ye lower parts of the earth; 

Break forth into singing, ye mountains, 

O forest, and every tree therein : 

For the Lord hath comforted his people, 

And will have compassion on his afflicted. 

ISAIAH XL 

Why sayest thou. My way is hid from the Lord, 
And the justice due to me is passed away from 

my God? 
Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, 
Or being his counsellor hath taught him? 
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed 

him. 
And taught him in the path of justice. 
And taught him knowledge. 
And shewed him the way of understanding? 
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of 

his hand. 
And meted out heaven with the span. 
And comprehended the dust of the earth in a 

measure, 



ISAIAH 213 

And weighed the mountains in scales. 

And the hills in a balance? 

Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, 

And are accounted as the small dust of the 

balance : 
Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little 

thing. 
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, 
Nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt 

offering. 

To whom then will ye liken God? 

Or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 

Have ye not known? have ye not heard? 

Hath it not been told you from the beginning? 

Have ye not understood from the foundations 

of the earth? 
It is he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, 
And the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; 
That stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain. 
And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in; 
That bringeth princes to nothing; 
And maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. 
To whom then will ye liken me, 
Or shall I be equal ? saith the Holy One. 
Lift up your eyes on high. 
And see who hath created these, 
That bringeth out their host by number; 
He calleth them all by name; 
By the greatness of his might, and for that he 

is strong in power. 
Not one faileth. 



214 ISAIAH 



Why sayest thou then, My way is hid from the 

Lord, 
And the justice due to me is passed away from 

my God? 
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? 
The everlasting God, the Lord, 
The Creator of the ends of the earth, 
Fainteth not, neither is weary; 
There is no searching of his understanding. 
He giveth power to the faint; 
And to him that hath no might he increaseth 

strength. 
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, 
And the young men shall utterly fall: 
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew 

their strength; 
They shall mount up with wings as eagles ; 
They shall run, and not be weary; 
They shall walk, and not faint. 

ISAIAH XLI, XLII, XLIII 

Thus saith the Lord God, 

He that created the heavens, and stretched them 

forth ; 
He that spread abroad the earth, and that which 

cometh out of it; 
He that giveth breath unto the people upon it. 
And spirit to them that walk therein: 
I, the Lord, have called thee in righteousness; 
I have called thee by name, thou art mine. 
Fear not, for I am with thee: 
Be not dismayed, for I am thy God; 
I will strengthen thee ; yea, I will help thee ; 



ISAIAH 215 



Yea, with the right hand of my righteousness 
will I uphold thee. 

For I am the Lord thy God; 

I have given Egypt for thy ransom, 

Ethiopia and Seba for thee. 

Since thou has been precious in my sight, 

And honourable, and I have loved thee ; 

Therefore will I give nations for thee. 

And peoples for thy life. 

Fear not, for I am with thee : 

I will bring thy children from the east. 

And gather them from the wxst; 

I will say to the north, Give up; 

And to the south, Keep not back : 

Bring my sons from far, 

And my daughters from the ends of the earth; 

Even every one that is called by my name. 

And whom I have created for my glory. 

And I will bring them by a w^ay that they know 

not; 
In paths that they have not known will I lead 

them; 
I will make darkness light before them, 
And crooked places straight. 
These things will I do, 
And I will not forsake them. 

ISAIAH XLIV, LIX 

Thus saith the Lord that made thee. 

Even he that formed thee, who also will help 

thee: 
I will pour water upon him that is thirsty. 



216 ISAIAH 



And streams upon the dry ground ; 

I will pour my Spirit upon thy children, 

And my blessing upon thine offspring. 

Remember these things, for I have formed thee: 

Thou shalt not be forgotten of me. 

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy trans- 
gressions. 

And, as a cloud, thy sins. 

And as for me, this is my covenant, saith the 
Lord : 

My Spirit that is upon thee. 

And my words which I have put in thy mouth, 

Shall not depart out of thy mouth. 

Nor out of the mouth of thy children. 

Nor out of the mouth of thy children's children, 
saith the Lord, 

From henceforth and for ever. 

ISAIAH LII, LIII 

Behold, my servant shall deal wisely. 

He shall be exalted, and lifted up, and shall be 

very high. 
As many were astonished at thee 
(So marred was his visage more than any man, 
And his form more than the sons of men), 
So also shall he startle many nations; 
Kings shall be put to silence before him : 
For that which had not been told them shall 

they see; 
And that which they had not heard shall they 

consider. 

For he grew up before the Lord as a tender 
plant. 



ISAIAH 217 



And as a root out of a dry ground: 

He hath no form nor comeliness that we should 

look upon him, 
Nor beauty that we should desire him. 
He was despised, and rejected of men; 
A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: 
And we hid as it were our faces from him; 
He was despised, and we esteemed him not. 

Surely it was our griefs that he bare, 

Our own sorrows that he carried; 

While we accounted him stricken. 

Afflicted and smitten — of God ! 

But he was wounded — through our trans- 
gressions. 

Bruised — by our iniquities ; 

The chastisement of our peace was upon him ; 

And with his stripes we are healed. 

All we like sheep were gone astray ; 

We had turned every one to his own way; 

And upon him was made to fall the iniquity of 
us all. 

Though oppressed, he was submissive 

And uttered no complaint. 

Yea, as a lamb that is led to the slaughter. 

And as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb. 

So he opened not his mouth. 

By oppression and judgment he was taken 

away ; 
And as for his generation, who among them 

considered 
That he was cut off out of the land of the 

living 



218 ISAIAH 



For the transgression of my people. 
To whom the offence was due? 
So they made his grave with the wicked, 
His death like that of an oppressor; 
Although he had done no violence, 
Neither was any deceit in his mouth. 

Yet the Lord suffered them to bruise him ; 
He allowed them to put him to grief: 
Because his soul made an offering for sin. 
He shall behold the fruit of his labour, he shall 

prolong his days. 
And the purpose of the Lord shall prosper in 

his hand. 
Of the travail of his soul he shall see. 
And shall be satisfied. 
By his knowledge shall my righteous servant 

justify many; 
And he shall bear their iniquities. 
Because he poured out his soul unto death. 
And was numbered with the transgressors; 
Because he bare the sin of many. 
And made intercession for the transgressors: 
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the 

great. 
And he shall Inherit the name of the mighty. 

ISAIAH LII, LXI 

How beautiful upon the mountains 

Are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, 

That proclaimeth peace. 

That bringeth glad tidings of good, 

That publisheth salvation, 



ISAIAH 219 



That saith unto the people, Thy God reigneth! 
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon him; 
Because the Lord hath anointed him 
To preach good tidings unto the poor ; 
He hath sent him 
To bind up the broken-hearted, 
To proclaim liberty to the captives. 
And the opening of the prison to them that are 

bound ; 
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, 
And the day of the visitation of our God; 
To comfort all that mourn; 
To give unto them beauty for ashes. 
The oil of joy for mourning. 
And the garment of praise for the spirit of 
heaviness. 

Therefore shall he greatly rejoice in the Lord, 

His soul shall be joyful in his God; 

For the Lord hath clothed him with the garments 
of salvation, 

With the robe of righteousness hath he cov- 
ered him. 

As a bridegroom decketh himself with a gar- 
land. 

And as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. 

For as the earth bringeth forth its bud, 

And as the garden causeth the things that are 
sown in it to spring forth; 

So will the Lord God cause righteousness and 
praise to spring forth 

Before all the nations. 



220 ISAIAH 



ISAIAH LIV, LX 
i, xxvi, xxviii, xxxiii 

Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation, 
Even the nation which keepeth faith, may enter 

in. 
Salvation shall be thy walls and bulwarks, 
And thy gates Praise. 
I will make thine officers Peace, 
And thy rulers Righteousness. 
For thou shalt be redeemed with justice, 
And established with righteousness. 
And the abundance of salvation, wisdom, and 

knowledge 
Shall be the strength and stability of thy times. 

Behold, I will extend peace to thee like a river, 

And glory among nations like an overflowing 
stream. 

Violence shall no more be heard in thy land. 

Desolation nor destruction within borders. 

Thou shalt be far from oppression, for thou 
shalt not fear; 

And from terror, for it shall not come nigh 
thee. 

No weapon that is formed against thee shall 
prosper ; 

Neither shall any tongue rise against thee in 
judgment: 

But thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet hab- 
itation, 

A tabernacle that shall not be removed, 

The stakes whereof shall never be plucked up. 



ISAIAH 221 

Neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. 
Thine eyes shall behold a land that reacheth 

afar, 
A place of broad rivers and streams; 
Yea, thy children shall possess the nations, 
And make the desolate spots to be inhabited. 

So shall the little one become a thousand, 
And the small one a strong nation. 
And thou shalt be an eternal excellency, 
And a joy of many generations. 

ISAIAH LV 

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the 

waters ! 
And he that hath no money, come ye, buy and 

eat; 
Yea, come, buy wine and milk without money 

and without price. 
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which 

is not bread? 
And your labour for that which satisfieth not.'^ 
Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that 

which is good. 
And let your soul delight itself in fatness. 
Incline your ear, and come unto me ; 
Hear, and your soul shall live. 

Seek ye the Lord while he may be found; 
Call je upon him while he is near: 
Let the wicked forsake his way, 
And the unrighteous man his thoughts; 
And let him return unto the Lord, and he will 
have mercy upon him ; 



222 ISAIAH 



And to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 
For my thoughts are not your thoughts. 
Neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. 
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, 
So are my ways higher than your ways, 
And my thoughts than your thoughts. 
For as the rain cometh down and the snow from 

heaven. 
And returneth not thither, but watereth the 

earth. 
And maketh it bring forth and bud. 
And giveth seed to the sower and bread to the 

eater ; 
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my 

mouth : 
It shall not return unto me void. 
But it shall accomplish that which I please. 
And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent 

it. 
For ye shall go out with joy, 
And be lead forth with peace : 
The mountains and the hills shall break forth 

before you into singing; 
And all the trees of the field shall clap their 

hands. 
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; 
And instead of the brier shall come up the 

myrtle-tree : 
And it shall be to the Lord for a name, 
For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. 

ISAIAH LVIII 
Cry aloud, spare not. 
Lift up thy voice like a trumpet. 



ISAIAH 223 



And declare unto my people their transgression, 

And shew unto them their sins. 

Yet they seek me daily, 

And delight to know my ways : 

As a nation that did righteousness. 

And forsook not the ordinance of their God, 

They ask of me righteous judgments; 

They are zealous in drawing near unto God ! 

Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou 

seest not? 
Wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou 

takest no knowledge? 

Behold, ye fast not this day, saith the Lord, 

So as to make your voice to be heard on high. 

Is such the fast that I have chosen? 

The day for a man to afflict his soul? 

Is it to bow down his head as a rush. 

And to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? 

Wilt thou call this a fast. 

And an acceptable day to the Lord? 

Is not this the fast that I have chosen: 

To loose the bands of wickedness. 

To undo the heavy burdens. 

And to let the oppressed go free, 

And that ye break every yoke? 

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, 

And that thou bring the poor that are cast out 
to thine house? 

When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him ; 

And that thou hide not thyself from thine own 
flesh? 

Then shall thy light break forth as the morn- 
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And thy healing shall spring forth speedily; 
And thy righteousness shall go before thee; 
The glory of the Lord shall be thy rearward. 
Then shalt thou call, and the Lord will answer; 
Thou shalt cry, and the Lord shall say. Here 
I am. 

ISAIAH LIX 

Jeremiah xxii. Zechariah vii, viii 

Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that 
it cannot save ; 

Neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 

But your iniquities have separated between you 
and your God; 

And your sins have hid his face from you. 

Return unto me, saith the Lord, 

And I will return unto you. 

Execute true judgment. 

And shew mercy and compassions every man to 
his brother: 

And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, 

The stranger, nor the poor ; 

And let none of you imagine evil against his 
brother. 

Speak ye every man the truth with his neigh- 
bour; 

And execute the judgment of truth and peace 
in your gates. 

Thy fathers, did they not do justice and right- 
eousness? 

Then it was well with them. 

They judged the cause of the poor and the 
needy ; 

Is not this to know me? saith the Lord. 



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ISAIAH XI, LXV 
Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; 
And the former things shall not be remembered, 

nor come to mind. 
But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which 

I create; 
For, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and 

her people a joy. 
And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my 

people ; 
And there shall be heard in her no more the 

voice of weeping and crying. 
There shall be no more thence an infant of days. 
Nor an old man that hath not filled his days ; 
For the child shall die an hundred years old. 
And he that falleth short of an hundred years 

shall not be found. 
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; 
And they shall plant vineyards, and eat the 

fruit of them. 
They shall not build, and another inhabit; 
They shall not plant, and another eat ; 
For as the days of a tree shall be the days of my 

people. 
And my chosen shall long enjoy the work of 

their hands. 
They shall not labour in vain. 
Nor bring forth for calamity ; 
For they are the blessed sons of the Lord, 
Yea, and their children with them. 
And it shall come to pass that, before they call, 

I will answer; 
And while they are yet speaking, I will hear. 



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And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb. 
And the leopard shall He down with the kid; 
And the calf and the young lion and the f atling 

together ; 
And a little child shall lead them. 
And the cow and the bear shall graze; 
Their young ones shall lie down together; 
And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of 

the asp. 
And the weaned child shall put his hand on the 

adder's den. 
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy 

mountain ; 
For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of 

the Lord, 
As the waters cover the sea. 



THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH 

JEREMIAH I 

Now the word of the Lord came unto me, 
saying, Before I formed thee I knew thee, and 
before thou earnest forth into the world I 
sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet 
unto the nations. Then said I, Ah, Lord God! 
behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a 
child. But the Lord said unto me. Say not, I 
am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send 
thee shalt thou go, and whatsoever I shall com- 
mand thee thou shalt speak. Be not afraid ; for 
I am with thee, saith the Lord. Then the Lord 
put forth his hand, and touched my mouth ; and 
the Lord said unto me. Behold, I have put my 
words in thy mouth : see, I have this day set thee 
over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck 
up and to break down and to destroy and to 
overthrow, to build and to plant. 

Moreover the word of the Lord came unto 
me, saying. What seest thou.'^ And I said, I see 
the bough of an almond tree trembling in the 
wind. Then said the Lord unto me. Thou hast 
well seen; for even so will I cause all nations to 
tremble at thy word. Thou therefore gird up 
thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all 
that I command thee. Be not dismayed at them ; 
for, behold, I have made thee this day a forti- 
fied city, and brazen walls, against the whole 
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228 JEREMIAH 



land. And they shall fight against thee; but 
they shall not prevail against thee : for I am with 
thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee. Arise 
therefore, and go: for I have put my words in 
thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow 
of mine hand. 

JEREMIAH II, III 

Thus saith the Lord: 

I remember concerning thee the kindness of thy 

youth, 
The love of thine espousals; 
How thou wentest after me in the wilderness, 
In a land that was not sown. 
Israel was holiness unto the Lord, 
The first-fruits of his increase. 
What unrighteousness then have your fathers 

found in me. 
That ye are gone far from me.^^ 
The priests say not. Where is the Lord.^ 
And they that handle the law know not me : 
But they walk all after things that do not profit. 
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the 

Lord, 
And with your children's children will I plead. 
For my people have committed two evils: 
They have forsaken me, the fountain of living 

waters. 
And hewed them out cisterns. 
Broken cisterns, that can hold no water. 
Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing 

and bitter. 
That thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, 
And that my fear is not in thee. 



JEREMIAH 229 



Therefore thus saith the Lord: 

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My 
Father, 

Thou art the guide of my youth? 

Return, thou backsliding children, saith the 
Lord ; 

I will not look in anger upon you ; 

For I am merciful, saith the Lord: 

Only acknowledge thine iniquity. 

That thou hast transgressed against the Lord 
thy God. 

Return, O backsliding children, saith the Lord, 

And I will give you shepherds according to my 
heart, 

Who shall feed you with knowledge and with un- 
derstanding. 

JEREMIAH III, IV 

Isaiah xvii, Ixv 

And it shall come to pass, saith the Lord, 
When ye are multiplied and increased in the 

land, 
That the people shall say no more. The ark of 

the covenant of the Lord ; 
Neither shall it come to mind; 
Neither shall they remember it; 
Neither shall they miss it; 
Neither shall it be made any more. 
For in that day a man shall not look to the 

altars, the work of men's hands. 
Neither shall he respect that which his fingers 

have fashioned; 
But in that day a man shall look to his Maker, 



230 JEREMIAH 



And the Lord alone shall be exalted. 

And it shall come to pass in that day, 

That whosoever blesseth himself in the earth. 

Shall bless himself in the God of truth ; 

And whosoever sweareth in the earth, 

Shall swear by the God of truth. 

Yea, they shall say. As the Lord liveth, 

In truth, in justice, and in righteousness: 

And the nations shall bless themselves in him, 

And in him shall they glory. 

JEREMIAH VII, XXIX 

Hear the word of the Lord, all ye that enter 
in at these gates to worship. Thus saith the 
Lord : 

Amend your ways and your doings, and I 
will cause you to dwell in this place. Trust ye 
not in vain words, saying. The temple of the 
Lord, The temple of the Lord. For if ye 
thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; 
if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man 
and his neighbour ; and oppress not the father- 
less, and the widow : then shall ye indeed come 
and worship in this place. 

For I know the thoughts that I think toward 
you, saith the Lord : thoughts of peace, and not 
of evil. And ye shall call upon me, and ye 
shall come and pray unto me, and I will hearken 
unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, 
when ye shall search for me with all your heart. 
And ye shall come bringing the sacrifices of 
praise into the house of the Lord. 



JEREMIAH ^31 



JEREMIAH XVII, XXII 
Habakkuk ii 

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by un- 
righteousness. 

And his chambers by injustice; 

That saith, I will build me a wide house and 
spacious chambers, 

And cutteth him out windows ; 

And it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with 
vermilion. 

Shalt thou reign, because thou excellest in cedar? 

Thy fathers, did they not do justice and right- 
eousness ? 

Then it was well with them. 

Is not this to know me? saith the Lord. 

Woe unto him that getteth an evil gain for his 

house. 
That he may set his nest on high. 
That he may be delivered from the hand of 

evil. 
Thou hast devised shame to thy house, 
And hast sinned against thy soul. 
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, 
And the beam out of the timber shall answer it. 
As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she 

hath not laid. 
So is he that getteth riches, and not by right; 
In the midst of his days he shall leave them. 
And at his end he shall be a fool. 

The heart is deceitful above all things, 
And it is exceedingly corrupt: 



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Who can know it? 

I, the Lord, search the mind, I try the heart, 
Even to give every man according to his ways. 
According to the fruit of his doings. 

JEREMIAH XXIII 

Thus saith the Lord: 

Hearken not unto the words of the prophets 
That speak a vision of their own heart, 
And not out of the mouth of the Lord. 
For who hath stood in the council of the Lord, 
That he should perceive and hear his word? 
Who hath marked my word, and heard it? 
I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: 
I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied! 
But if they had stood in my council, 
Then had they caused my people to hear my 
words. 

Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, 

And not a God afar off? 

Can any hide himself in secret places. 

That I shall not see him? 

Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord. 

I have heard what the prophets have said. 

That prophesy in my name, saying, I have 

dreamed, I have dreamed. 
How long shall this be in the heart of the 

prophets. 
Even the prophets of the deceit of their own 

heart? 
What is the straw to the wheat ? saith the Lord. 
Is not my word like fire? 



JEREMIAH 233 



And like a hammer that breaketh the rock in 



pieces ? 
The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a 

dream ; 
And he that hath my word, let him speak my 

word faithfully. 

JEREMIAH XXXI 

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, 
That I will make a new covenant with you, 
And with your children: 
Not according to the covenant that I made with 

your fathers ; 
But this is the covenant that I will make with 

you. 
And with your children, in those days, saith the 

Lord : 
I will put my law in your mind, 
And in your heart will I write it; 
And I will be your God, 
And ye shall be my people. 
And ye shall teach no more every man his 

neighbour. 
And every one his brother, saying, Know the 

Lord: 
For ye shall all know me, 
From the greatest of you unto the least of you, 

saith the Lord. 



THE LAMENTATIONS 
OF JEREMIAH 

LAMENTATIONS 

Psalms, Isaiah, Haggai, Zechariah 

Our holy and beautiful house. 

Where our fathers praised thee. 

Is burned with fire; 

And all our pleasant places 

Are laid waste. 

The ways of Zion do mourn. 

Because none come to the solemn feasts. 

Her gates are sunk into the ground; 

Her bars are sunken and destroyed. 

Who is left among you that saw this house in 

her first glory? 
And how do- ye see it now.^^ 
Is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as 

nothing? 
All that pass by clap their hands ; 
They wag their head, and say, 
Is this the house that men called The perfection 

of beauty. 
The joy of the whole earth? 
How is the gold become dim! 
How is the most pure gold changed! 

For these things weep I ; 
Yea, mine eye runneth down with water. 
Wherefore I said. Surely I will not come into 
my house, 



LAMENTATIONS 235 

Nor go up into my bed ; 

I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, 

Nor mine eyelids to slumber, 

Until I find out a place for the Lord, 

A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob. 

Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked. 

And, behold, a man with a measuring line in 
his hand. 

Then said I, Whither goest thou ? 

And he said unto me, To measure the house, 

To see what is the breadth thereof. 

And what is the length thereof. 

For my house shall be builded. 

And a line shall be stretched forth upon it. 

Who art thou, O great mountain ? 

Before the builders thou shalt become a plain: 

And they shall bring forth the cornerstone there- 
from with joy. 

Crying, Grace, grace unto it ! 

And thou shalt rejoice to see the plummet in 
the hands of the builders. 

Wherefore be strong, all ye people, saith the 
Lord, and work: 

For I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts. 

This house shall be builded. 

And this place will I fill with my glory. 

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine: 

The glory of this latter house shall be greater 
than of the former. 

And in this place will I give peace, saith the 
Lord of hosts. 



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LAMENTATIONS III 

It IS of the Lord's lovingkindnesses that we are 

not cast down, 
Because his compassions fail not. 
They are new every morning; 
Great is thy faithfulness. 
The Lord is my portion, saith my soul ; 
Therefore will I hope in him. 
The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, 
To the soul that seeketh him. 
It is good that a man should both hope 
And quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. 
For the Lord will not cast off, 
No, not for ever. 
But though he cause grief, 
Yet will he have compassion according to the 

multitude of his lovingkindnesses. 
For he doth not afflict willingly, 
Nor grieve the children of men. 
To crush under foot all the prisoners of the 

earth. 
To turn aside the right of a man before the 

face of the Most High, 
To subvert a man in his cause : 
These the Lord approveth not. 
Let us search and try our ways. 
And turn again to the Lord. 
Let us lift up our heart with our hands 
Unto God in the heavens. 



THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL 

EZEKIEL XIV, XVIII 

Son of man, what mean ye, that ye have this 
proverb in the land, saying, The fathers ate 
sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on 
edge? As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall 
not have occasion any more to use this proverb. 
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the 
father, so also the soul of the son is mine: each 
one shall bear his own sins. 

But if a man be just, and do that which is 
lawful and right, and hath not wronged any, 
hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his 
bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked 
with a garment; he that hath withdrawn his 
hand from iniquity, hath executed true justice 
between man and man, hath walked in my sta- 
utes, and hath kept mine ordinances, to deal 
truly; he is just, it shall surely be well with him, 
saith the Lord. 

If now he have a son that is a robber, a shed- 
der of blood, and that doeth any of these things, 
and that doeth not. any of those duties, but hath 
wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by 
robbery; shall he then be delivered from his 
iniquity because of the righteousness of his 
father? As I live, saith the Lord, though his 
father were Noah, or Daniel, or Job, he should 
deliver but his own soul by his righteousness ! 
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238 EZEKIEL 

Now, lo, if this son also have a son, that 
seeth all his father's sins, and considereth, and 
doeth not such like; that hath not wronged any, 
neither hath taken by robbery, but hath given 
his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the 
naked with a garment ; that hath executed mine 
ordinances, and hath walked in the statutes of 
life; shall he then be condemned because of the 
iniquities of his father? As I live, saith the 
Lord, though his father were even as wicked 
Cain, yet shall not the righteous son fall there- 
by! 

Are not my ways just? saith the Lord. The 
righteousness of the father shall not deliver the 
son, in the day that the son committeth iniquity ; 
neither shall the wickedness of the father con- 
demn the son, in the day that the son doeth 
righteousness. For every man shall bear his 
own iniquity : the son shall not bear the iniquity 
of the father, neither shall the father bear the 
iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the 
righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness 
of the wicked shall be upon him. For I will 
judge you one by one, saith the Lord, and every 
one according to his ways. 

EZEKIEL XVIII, XXXIII 

Son of man, speak unto the children of thy 
people and say unto them, I will judge you, O 
house of Israel, every one according to his ways, 
saith the Lord. If the wicked turn from all his 
sins which he hath committed, and keep all my 
statutes, and do that which is lawful and right. 



EZEKIEL 239 

it shall surely be well with him. None of his 
transgressions which he hath committed shall be 
remembered against him: by his righteousness 
which he doeth shall he live. Have I any pleas- 
ure in the punishment of the wicked.'^ saith the 
Lord ; and not rather that he should return from 
his evil way.'^ But when the righteous turneth 
away from his righteousness, and committeth in- 
iquity, and doeth according to all the abomina- 
tions that the wicked man doeth, shall he be de- 
livered .^^ None of his righteous deeds which he 
hath done shall deliver him : for his trespass that 
he hath trespassed, and for his sin that he hath 
sinned, even for them shall he be punished. 

Yet the children of thy people say. The way 
of the Lord is not just! Hear now, O house of 
Israel: Is not my way just? are not your ways 
unjust.^ The former righteousness of the right- 
eous shall not deliver him in the day of his trans- 
gression; and as for the former wickedness of 
the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day 
that he turneth from his wickedness. But if a 
man trust to his former righteousness, and com- 
mit iniquity, none of those righteous deeds shall 
deliver him ; but by the iniquity that he commit- 
teth, thereby shall he fall. Again, if the wicked 
turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful 
and right ; if the wicked restore the pledge, give 
again that which he hath taken by robbery, and 
walk in the statutes of life, committing no in- 
iquity; he shall surely be delivered thereby. 
None of his former sins shall be remembered 
against him: he hath done that which is lawful 
and right ; it shall surely be well with him. 



240 EZEKIEL 

Wherefore return ye, and turn yourselves 
from all your transgressions; so- shall they not 
be a stumbling-block of iniquity unto you. Cast 
away from you all your transgressions, wherein 
ye have transgressed, and make you a new heart 
and a new spirit. 

EZEKIEL XXXIII 

The word of the Lord came unto me, saying: 
Son of man, when the sword cometh upon a 
land, and the people of the land take a man from 
among them, and set him for their watchman ; if, 
when he seeth the sword coming upon the land, 
he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; then 
whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and 
taketh not warning, if the sword come, and 
take him away, his blood shall be upon his own 
head. He heard the sound of the trumpet, and 
took not warning; his blood shall be upon him- 
self ; whereas if he had taken warning, he would 
have delivered his soul. But if the watchman 
see the sword coming, and blow not the trumpet, 
and the people be not warned, and the sword 
come, and take any person from among them; 
at the watchman's hand will I require it. 

Even so thou, son of man, I have set thee a 
watchman over this people. And if thou give 
not the people warning, nor speak to turn the 
wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; all 
their sins will I require at thy hand. But if 
thou warn the wicked, though he take not warn- 
ing, and turn not from his wickedness, nor 
from his wicked way ; yet hast thou delivered thy 



EZEKIEL 241 

soul. Again, if thou warn the righteous man, 
that the righteous sin not, and he take warn- 
ing; thou hast delivered thy soul. But if a 
righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, 
and commit iniquity, because thou hast not given 
him warning ; at thy hand will I require it. 

And thou, son of man, I send thee unto the 
children of thy people, to turn them from their 
wicked way. And whether they will hear, or 
whether they will forbear, yet shalt thou give 
them warning. And all my words which thou 
hast received in thine heart, and heard with thine 
ears, shalt thou speak unto them, whether they 
will hear, or whether they will forbear. Arise 
therefore, and go; get thee tO' the children of 
thy people, and speak unto them. 

EZEKIEL XXXVI, XXXVII 

Isaiah lix. Lamentations iii 

The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he 
brought me out in the Spirit, and set me down 
in the midst of the valley; and it was full of 
bones. And he caused me to pass by them 
round about : and, behold, there were very many 
bones in the open valley ; and, lo, they were very 
dry. And he said unto me. Son of man, can 
these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, 
thou knowest. Again he said unto me. Prophesy 
over these bones, and say unto- them : 

O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 
Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones : 
Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, 



242 EZEKIEL 

And ye shall live. 

And I will lay sinews upon you, 

And will bring up flesh upon you, 

And cover you with skin, 

And put breath in you. 

And ye shall live; 

And ye shall know that I am the Lord. 

So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as 
I prophesied, there was a thundering, and, be- 
hold, an earthquake; and the bones came to- 
gether, bone to its bone. And I beheld, and, lo, 
there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, 
and skin covered them over; but there was no 
breath in them. Then said he unto me. Prophesy 
unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to 
the wind : 

Thus saith the Lord God : 
Come from the four winds, O breath, 
And breathe upon these dead, 
That they may live. 

So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the 
breath came into them, and they lived, and stood 
up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. 

Then he said unto me. Son of man, these bones 
are the whole house of Israel. For they say. We 
are consumed by our sins, and dwell in dark 
places, as those that have been long dead. For 
our transgressions are multiplied, and our sins 
testify against us, and as for our iniquities, we 
know them : transgressing and denying the Lord, 
and turning away from following our God. 
Therefore prophesy, and say unto them : 



EZEKIEL 243 

Thus saith the Lord God: 

Behold, I will open your graves, 

And cause you to come up out of your graves, 

O my people ; 
And I will put my Spirit in you, 
And ye shall live. 
A new heart also will I give you, 
And a new spirit will I put within you ; 
And I will take away the stony heart. 
And I will give you an heart of flesh. 
And I will cause you to walk in my statutes, 
And ye shall keep mine ordinances, and do 

them. 
And ye shall know that I am the Lord, 
When I have opened your graves. 
And caused you to come up out of your 

graves, O my people. 
And ye shall be my people, saith the Lord, 
And I will be your God. 

EZEKIEL XL, XL VII 

In the five and twentieth year of our captivity 
the Spirit of the Lord was upon me: and in my 
visions the Lord brought me into the land of 
Israel, and set me down upon a very high moun- 
tain, whereon there was as it were the frame of a 
city on the south. And thither he brought me ; 
and behold, there was a man, whose appearance 
was like the appearance of brass, with a line of 
flax in his hand, and a measuring reed. And 
the man said unto me. Son of man, behold with 
thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set 
thy heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for 



244 EZEKIEL 

to the intent that I may shew them unto thee 
art thou brought hither. Mark well therefore 
all that I say unto thee concerning the house of 
the Lord: and all that thou seest declare thou 
unto the house of Israel. 

Then he brought me unto the door of the 
house ; and behold, waters issued out from under 
the threshold of the house eastward (for the 
forefront of the house was toward the east) ; 
and the waters came down from under, from the 
right side of the house, on the south side of 
the altar. And when the man went forth east- 
ward with the line in his hand, he measured a 
thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass 
through the waters, waters that were to the 
ankles. Again he measured a thousand, and 
caused me to pass through the waters, waters 
that were to the knees. Again he measured a 
thousand, and caused me to pass through the 
waters, waters that were to the loins. After- 
ward he measured a thousand; and it was a 
river that I could not pass through: for the 
waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that 
could not be passed through. And behold, upon 
the banks of the river were very many trees on 
the one side and on the other. 

Then said he unto me. Son of man, hast thou 
seen this? These waters issue forth toward the 
eastern region, and they shall go down into the 
desert: and they shall go toward the sea; 
into the sea shall the waters go which were 
made to issue forth. And it shall come to 
pass, that every living creature, in every place 



EZEKIEL 245 

whither the waters come, shall live; for these 
waters are come thither that all things may be 
healed and live. And by the river upon the 
bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall 
gi'ow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not 
wither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail: it 
shall bring forth new fruit every month, be- 
cause the waters thereof issue out of the sanc- 
tuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, 
and the leaf thereof for healing. 



THE BOOK OF DANIEL 

DANIEL I 

Now it came to pass, when Nebuchadnezzar 
had besieged Jerusalem and taken captive the 
people, that the king spake unto the master of 
his household, that he should bring in certain 
of the children of Israel, even of the blood royal 
and of the nobles ; youths in whom was no blem- 
ish, but well-favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, 
and endued with knowledge, and understanding 
science, and such as had ability to stand in the 
king's palace; and that he should teach them 
the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. 
And the king appointed for them a daily portion 
of the king's dainties, and of the wine which 
he drank, and that they should be nourished 
three years ; that at the end thereof they should 
stand before the king. 

Now among those that were chosen were 
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; and 
before them the steward set the king's portion, 
as it was appointed. But Daniel purposed in 
his heart that he would not defile himself with 
the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he 
drank: therefore he requested of the steward 
that he might not defile himself. But the stew- 
ard said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, 
who hath appointed your food and your drink ; 
for why should he see your faces worse looking 

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than the other youths that are of your own age ? 
Then said Daniel to the steward. Prove thy 
servants, I beseech thee, ten days ; and let them 
give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. Then 
let our countenances be looked upon before thee, 
and the countenances of the youths that eat of 
the king's dainties; and as thou seest, deal with 
thy servants. So the steward hearkened unto 
them in this matter, and proved them ten days. 
And at the end of the ten days their countenances 
appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, 
than all the youths that did eat of the king's 
dainties. So the steward took away their dain- 
ties, and the wine that they should drink, and 
gave them pulse. 

Now at the end of the time which the king 
had appointed for bringing the youths in, the 
master of the household brought them all in be- 
fore Nebuchadnezzar. And the king communed 
with them ; and in every matter of wisdom and 
understanding, concerning which the king in- 
quired of them, among them all was found none 
like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: 
therefore stood they before the king. 

DANIEL II, VII 

In those days Nebuchadnezzar the king 
dreamed dreams ; and his spirit was troubled, 
and his sleep went from him. And when there 
was none found that could make known the 
king's dream, Daniel was brought before the 
king; and he said: 

Thou, O king, sawest, and, behold, a great 



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image. This image, which was mighty, and 
whose brightness was excellent, stood before 
thee; and the aspect thereof was terrible. As 
for this image, its head was of fine gold, its 
breast and its arms of silver, its middle and its 
thighs of brass, its legs of iron, its feet part of 
iron, and part of clay. Thou sawest till that 
a stone was cut out without hands, which smote 
the image upon its feet that were of iron and 
clay, and brake them in pieces. Then was the 
iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, 
broken in pieces together, and became like the 
chaff of the summer threshing-floors ; and the 
wind carried them away, so that no place was 
found for them: and the stone that smote the 
image became a great mountain, and filled the 
whole earth. 

This is the dream : now will we tell the inter- 
pretation thereof. Thou, O king, art the head 
of gold. And after thee shall arise another 
kingdom inferior to thee ; and another third 
kingdom of brass. And the fourth kingdom 
shall be strong as iron, forasmuch as iron 
breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things. And 
whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of 
potters' clay, and part of iron, it shall be a 
divided kingdom. And whereas thou sawest the 
iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle 
themselves with the sons of men ; but they shall 
not cleave one to another, even as iron doth not 
mingle with clay. And whereas thou sawest 
that a stone was cut out of the mountain with- 
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the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold ; the 
Most High hath made known that in those days 
the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom, which 
shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sov- 
ereignty thereof be left to another people; but 
it shall break in pieces and consume all these 
kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. And 
whereas the stone that smote the image became a 
great mountain, and filled the whole earth ; even 
so shall the kingdom and the dominion, and the 
greatness of the kingdoms under the whole 
heaven, be given to the people of the saints of the 
Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting king- 
dom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. 
The great God hath made known to the king 
that this shall surely come to pass: and the 
dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof 

sure. 

DANIEL IV 

Now as Nebuchadnezzar was walking in the 

royal palace of Babylon, 
The king spake and said. Behold this great 

Babylon, 
Which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, 
By the might of my power. 
And for the glory of my majesty! 
While the word was in the king's mouth, 
There fell a voice from heaven, saying, 
O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken: 
The kingdom is departed from thee: 
And thou shalt be driven from men ; 
And thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the 

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Thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen ; 

And seven times shall pass over thee; 

Until thou know that the Most High ruleth in 

the kingdom of men. 
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon 

Nebuchadnezzar : 
And he was driven from men, 
And did eat grass as oxen, 
And his body was wet with the dew of heaven, 
Till his hair was grown like eagles' feathers. 
And his nails like birds' claws. 

At the end of the days, 

I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto 

heaven. 
And I blessed the Most High, 
And I praised and honoured him that liveth for 

ever. 
At the same time mine understanding returned 

unto me; 
And for the glory of my kingdom. 
My majesty and brightness returned unto me; 
And my counsellors and my lords sought unto 

me; 
And I was established in my kingdom. 
And excellent greatness was added unto me. 

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, 

Praise and extol and honour the King of heaven ; 
For all his works are truth. 
And his ways justice; 

Those that walk in pride is he able to abase. 
And those that humble themselves doth he exalt 
and establish. 



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DANIEL VII 

I saw in my, vision by night, and, behold, 
thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of 
days did sit : his raiment was white as snow, and 
the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne 
was fiery flames, and a fiery stream issued and 
came forth from before him. Thousands of 
thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand 
times ten thousand stood before him: the judg- 
ment was set, and the books were opened. And 
judgment was given to the saints of the Most 
High, and the time came that the saints should 
possess the kingdom. 

I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, there 
came with the clouds of heaven one like unto a 
son of man, and he came even to the ancient 
of days, and they brought him near before him. 
And there was given him dominion, and glory, 
and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and 
languages, should serve him : his dominion is an 
everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, 
and his kingdom that which shall not be de- 
stroyed. And the kingdom and the dominion, 
and the greatness of the kingdoms under the 
whole heaven, were given to the people of the 
saints of the Most High : his kingdom is an ever- 
lasting kingdom, and all dominions shall ser\^e 
and obey him. 



THE PROPHET HOSEA 

ROSEA 

Come, and let us return unto the Lord ; 
And so shall we live in his sight. 
And let us know, 

Let us follow on to know the Lord : 
His going forth is as sure as the morning; 
And he will come unto us as the rain, 
As the latter rain that watereth the earth. 
Take with you words, and return unto the Lord : 
Say unto him. Take away all iniquity. 
And receive us graciously ; 

So will we render as a sacrifice the fruit of our 
lips. 

As for me, saith the Lord, I will heal their back- 
sliding. 
And will love them freely, 
I will be unto them as the dew ; 
They shall grow as the lily. 
And cast forth their roots as Lebanon. 
Their branches shall spread. 
And their beauty shall be as the olive-tree, ■ 
And their fragrance as Lebanon. 
Yea, they shall revive as the grain, 
And blossom as the vine. 

Who is wise, that he may understand these 

things ? 
Prudent, that he may know? 
For the ways of the Lord are right, 
And the just shall walk in them. 

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THE PROPHET JOEL 

JOEL 

Hear this, ye old men, 

And give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. 

Hath this been in your days. 

Or in the days of your fathers? 

Tell ye your children of it. 

And let your children tell their children, 

And their children another generation. 

For the day of the Lord cometh, 

Yea, it is nigh at hand. 

There hath not been ever the like. 

Even in the years of many generations. 

For, behold, it shall come to pass in the latter 
days, saith the Lord, 

That I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh ; 

And your sons and your daughters shall 
prophesy. 

Your old men shall dream dreams. 

Your young men shall see visions : 

And also upon the servants and upon the hand- 
maids 

In those days will I pour out my Spirit. 

And ye shall know that I, the Lord, am in the 
midst of you. 



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THE PROPHET AMOS 



AMOS 



Then answered Amos, and said, I was no 
prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I 
was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore 
fruit: and the Lord took me as I followed the 
flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy 
unto my people ; prophesy, and say : 

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, 
And make the poor of the land to fail, 
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that 

we may sell corn? 
And the sabbath, that we may set forth 

wheat? 
Ye that make the measure small, and the 

shekel great. 
That falsify the balances by deceit. 
That buy the poor for silver. 
And the needy for a pair of sandals ; 
Hear ye the word of the Lord: 
I hate, I despise your feast days. 
And I delight not in your solemn assemblies. 
Though ye offer me burnt offerings, 
I will not accept them ; 
Neither will I regard the peace offerings of 

your fat beasts. 
Take away from me the noise of thy songs! 
For I will not hear the melody of thy viols. 
But let justice roll down as waters, 
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And righteousness as an overflowing stream. 
Hate the evil, and love the good. 
And establish justice in the gate: 
Then shall the Lord God of hosts 
Be gracious unto you and hear you. 



THE PROPHET JONAH 

JONAH I, III, IV 
Isaiah Iv. Ezekiel xviii 

Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah, 
saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, 
and cry against it; for their wickedness is come 
up before me. So Jonah arose, and went unto 
Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. 
Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of 
three days' journey. And Jonah began to en- 
ter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, 
and said. Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be 
overthrown. 

And the people of Nineveh believed God ; and 
they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, 
from the greatest of them even to the least of 
them. And the tidings reached the king of 
Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid 
his robe from him, and covered him with sack- 
cloth, and sat in ashes. And he made procla- 
mation and published through Nineveh by the 
decree of the king and his nobles, saying. Let 
neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any 
thing; let them not feed, nor drink water; but 
let them be covered with sackcloth, both man 
and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God: 
yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, 
and from the violence that is in his hands. Who 
knoweth whether God will not have mercy upon 

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us, that we perish not? And God saw their 
works, that they turned from their evil way; 
and he destroyed them not. 

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly that the 
Lord destroyed them not, and he was very an- 
gry. And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, 
I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, 
when I was yet in my country? For I knew 
that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow 
to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness. 
Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my 
life from me ; for it is better for me to die than 
to live. And the Lord said, Doest thou well to 
be angry? Then Jonah went out of the city, 
and sat on the east side of the city, and there 
made him a booth, and sat under it in the shade, 
till he might see what would become of the city. 

And the Lord prepared a gourd, and made 
it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a 
shade over his head, to deliver him from his 
grief. ^ So Jonah was exceeding glad of the 
gourd. But God prepared a worm when the 
morning rose the next day, and it smote the 
gourd, that it withered. And it came to pass, 
when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry 
east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of 
Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself 
that he might die, and said. It is better for me to 
die than to live ! And God said to Jonah, Doest 
thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he 
said, I do well to be angry, even unto death! 
And the Lord said. Thou hast had regard for 
the gourd, for that which thou hast not la- 



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boured, neither madest it to grow; which came 
up in a night, and perished in a night: and 
should not I have regard for Nineveh, that great 
city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand 
persons that cannot discern between their right 
hand and their left hand ; and also much cattle ? 
For thus it is written : 

Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? 

saith the Lord; 
And not rather that he should return from his 

way, and live? 
For my thoughts are not your thoughts. 
Neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. 
For as the heavens are higher than the earth. 
So are my ways higher than your ways. 
And my thoughts than your thoughts. 



THE PROPHET MICAH 

MICAH VI 

Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, 

And bow myself before the high God? 

Shall I come before him with burnt offerings. 

With calves a year old? 

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of 

rams. 
Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? 
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good ; 
And what doth the Lord require of thee. 
But to do justly, and to love mercy. 
And to walk humbly with thy God? 



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THE PROPHET HABAKKUK 

HABAKKUK I, II 

Nahum 

O Lord, how long shall I cry, 
And thou wilt not hear? 
Even cry out unto thee of violence, 
And thou wilt not hear? 
Why dost thou shew me iniquity, 
And cause me to behold grievance? 
For destruction and violence are before me; 
And there is strife, and contention riseth up. 
Therefore the law is slacked. 
And justice goeth not forth unto victory: 
For the wicked doth compass about the right- 
eous ; 
Therefore justice is perverted. 

thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil. 
And that canst not look on iniquity, 
Wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal 

treacherously. 
And boldest thy peace when the wicked devour- 
eth the righteous? 

1 will stand upon my watch. 
And set me upon the tower, 

And will look forth to see what he will say unto 

me. 
And what answer he will give to my complaint. 

And the Lord answered me, and said : 
Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, 

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That he may run that readeth it. 

For the vision is yet for the appointed time, 

And it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie : 

Though it tarry, wait for it ; 

Because it will surely come, it will not fail. 

Behold, if his soul is puffed up, it is not upright 

in him; 
But the righteous shall live by his faith. 
For the Lord is slow to anger, and great in 

power, 
And will by no means acquit the guilty. 
The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of 

trouble ; 
And he knoweth them that take refuge in him. 
What do ye devise against the Lord? 
He will make an utter end of wickedness : 
For the earth shall be filled 
With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, 
As the waters cover the sea. 

HABAKKUK III 

O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid : 

Art thou displeased against the rivers, O Lord.^^ 

Is thine anger against the watercourses, 

Or thy wrath against the sea, 

That thou cleavest the rivers into dry land.'* 

The mountains see thee, they tremble. 

And the everlasting mountains are cleft asunder, 

The perpetual hills do bow ; 

The rainflood of waters passeth on ; 

The deep uttereth his voice. 

And lif teth up his hands on high. 



262 HABAKKUK 

When I heard, my heart failed me; 

My lips quivered at the voice : 

Rottenness entereth into my bones, and I trem- 
ble where I stand. 

Lest for myself I should find no rest in the day 
of trouble. 

Yet though the fig tree shall not blossom, 

Neither shall fruit be in the vines ; 

The labour of the olive shall fail, 

And the fields shall yield no meat ; 

Though the flock shall be cut oiF from the fold, 

And there shall be no herd in the stalls : 

Yet will I rejoice in the Lord, 

Yea, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 



THE PROPHETS 
HAGGAI AND ZECHARIAH 

HAGGAI, ZECHARIAH 
Isaiah xxviii. Proverbs xxiv 

Thus saith the Lord : 

Behold, I lay for a foundation a stone, 

A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure 

foundation. 
Salvation will I appoint for walls and bulwarks ; 
Justice will I make the line, 
And righteousness the plummet. 

Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, 

And, behold, a man with a measuring line in his 

hand. 
Then said I, Whither goest thou? 
And he said unto me, To measure the house, 
To see what is the breadth thereof. 
And what is the length thereof. 
For here shall my house be builded, 
And a line stretched forth upon it. 
Who art thou, O great mountain? 
Before the builders thou shalt become a plain : 
And they shall bring forth the cornerstone 

therefrom with joy. 
Crying, Grace, grace unto it ! 
And thou shalt rejoice to see the plummet in the 

hands of the builders. 
Their hands have laid the foundations of this 

house ; 

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Their hands also shall finish it. 

For the house shall be builded in wisdom; 

By understanding shall it be established; 

And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled 

With all precious and pleasant riches. 

And it shall come to pass, that there shall come 

people. 
Even the inhabitants of many cities, saying. 
We also will go with you ; 
For we have heard that God is with you. 

Wherefore be strong, all ye people, saith the 

Lord, and work: 
For I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts. 
This house shall be builded. 
And this place will I fill with my glory. 
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine: 
Great shall be the glory of this house, 
And in this place will I give peace, saith the 

Lord of hosts. 



THE PROPHET MALACHI 

MALACHI II 

This is my commandment to you, O ye priests, 

That ye may hear and lay it to heart. 

To give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of 
hosts. 

And ye shall know that I have sent this com- 
mandment unto you. 

That my covenant with Levi may be with you. 

My covenant was with him of life and peace; 

And I gave them to him that he might fear ; 

And he feared me. 

And stood in awe of my name. 

The law of truth was in his mouth, 

And unrighteousness was not found in his lips: 

He walked with me in peace and uprightness. 

And did turn many away from iniquity. 

For the priest's lips should keep knowledge. 

And they should seek the law at his mouth ; 

For he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. 

MALACHI III, IV 

Behold, I send my messenger. 
And he shall prepare the way before me: 
Behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. 
But who may abide the day of his coming? 
And who shall stand when he appeareth? 
For he is like a refiner's fire : 
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of sil- 
ver. 

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And he shall purify the sons of men, 

And refine them as gold and silver. 

And he shall come near to you in judgment; 

And will be a swift witness 

Against those that oppress the hireling in his 

wages. 
The widow and the fatherless, 
And that turn aside the stranger from his right, 
And fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts. 
But unto you that fear my name shall the sun 

of righteousness arise 
With healing in his wings. 



SYNTHETIC READINGS 
THE APOCRYPHA 



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THE FIRST BOOK OF ESDRAS 

I ESDRAS III, IV 

It came to pass in the reign of king Darius, 
that three young men of the king's bodyguard 
spake one to another, saying. Let us each write 
a sentence concerning that which is strongest: 
and he whose sentence shall seem wiser than the 
others, unto him shall the king give great gifts, 
and great honours in token of victory. So they 
wrote every man his sentence. The first wrote, 
Wine is the strongest. The second wrote. The 
king is strongest. The third wrote, Women 
are strongest: but above all things Truth bear- 
eth away the victory. Then they took their 
writings, and delivered them unto the king, and 
so he read them. And he said unto the young 
men. Declare unto us your mind concerning the 
things ye have written. 

Then began the first, who had spoken of the 
strength of wine, and said: 

O sirs, how exceeding strong is wine ! it caus- 
eth all men to err that drink it: it maketh the 
mind of the king and of the fatherless child to 
be all one ; of the bondman and of the freeman, 
of the poor man and of the rich : it turneth also 
every thought into jollity and mirth, so that a 
man remembereth neither sorrow nor debt: and 

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when they are in their cups, they forget their 
love both to friends and brethren, and a Httle 
after draw their swords. O sirs, is not wine the 
strongest, seeing that it enforceth to do thus? 

Then the second, who had spoken of the 
strength of the king, began to say : 

O sirs, do not men excel in strength, that bear 
rule over sea and land, and all things in them? 
But yet is the king stronger: for he is their 
lord, and hath dominion over them ; and in what- 
soever he commandeth them they obey him. If 
he bid them make war one against the other, 
they do it : and if he send them out against the 
enemy, they go, and overcome mountains, walls, 
and towers. They slay and are slain, and trans- 
gress not the king's commandment: if they get 
the victory, they bring all to the king. O sirs, 
how should not the king be strongest, seeing 
that in such sort he is obeyed ? 

Then the third, who had spoken of women, 
and of Truth, began, to speak: 

O sirs, is. not the king great, and men are 
many, and wine is strong? who is it then that 
ruleth them, or hath the lordship over them? 
are they not women? Women have borne the 
king and all the people that bear rule by sea 
and land. Even of them came they: and they 
nourished them that planted the vineyards, from 
whence cometh the wine. Yea, a man leaveth 
his own father, and his own country, and cleav- 
eth unto his wife. By this also must ye know 
that women have dominion over you: do ye not 
labour and toil, and bring and give all to 



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women? Yea, a man taketh his sword, and 
faceth danger and darkness for his love. O 
sirs, how can it be but women should be strong, 
seeing they do thus? 

Yet, O sirs, is there a stronger than women. 
Great is the earth, high is the heaven, swift is 
the sun in his course, for he compasseth the 
heavens round about, and fetcheth his course 
again to his own place in one day. Is not the 
Maker of these things great? All the earth 
calleth upon Truth, and the heaven blesseth her: 
for with her is no unrighteous thing. Wine is 
wicked, the king is wicked, women are wicked; 
and they all pass away. But as for Truth, she 
abideth, and is strong for ever; she liveth and 
conquereth for evermore. With her there is no 
accepting of persons or rewards ; but she doeth 
the things that are just, and refraineth from 
all unrighteous and wicked thing:s ; and all men 
do well like of her works. Neither in her judg- 
ment is any unrighteousness; and she is the 
strength, and the kingdom, and the power, and 
the majesty, of all ages. Blessed be the God 
of Truth! 

And all the people then shouted, and said, 
Great is Truth, and strong above all things ! 
And the king said unto him, Ask what thou 
wilt, and we will give it thee; for thou art in- 
deed found wisest of all. 



THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON 

WISDOM II, III 

The ungodly said within themselves, reasoning 

not aright : 
Short and sorrowful is our life ; 
And there is no heaHng when a man cometh to 

his end, 
Neither was any man known to return from the 

^rave. 
Because by mere chance were we born, 
And hereafter we shall be as though we had 

never been: 
For the breath in our nostrils is smoke, 
And our reason is a spark kindled by the beat- 
ing of our heart, 
Which being extinguished, the body shall be 

turned into ashes. 
And the spirit shall be dispersed as thin air ; 
And our life shall pass away as the traces of a 

cloud. 

Thus reasoned they, and they were led astray; 
For their own ignorance hath blinded them. 
For God created man to be immortal. 
And made him an image of his own eternity. 
In the eyes of the foolish they seem to die; 
And their departure is accounted to be misery, 
And their journeying from us to be their ruin: 
But they are in peace. 

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For the souls of the righteous are in the hand 

of God, 
And there shall no evil touch them. 
Their reward is in the Lord, 
And the care for them with the Most High. 

WISDOM III, IV, V 

Though the righteous die in his youth, yet shall 

he be at rest. 
For honourable age is not that which standeth 

in length of days. 
Nor that is measured by number of years: 
But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, 
And an unspotted life is ripe old a^e. 
Having fulfilled his course in a short time, he 

fulfilled long years ; 
For his soul was well-pleasing unto the Lord. 

This the people saw, and understood it not. 
Neither laid they up this in their minds : 
That grace and mercy are with his chosen, 
And that he hath regard unto his holy ones. 
For their ignorance hath blinded them. 
And they knew not the mysteries of God, 
Neither hoped they for wages of holiness. 
Nor did they judge that there is a prize for 

blameless souls. 
But when they see this, they shall say within 

themselves : 
This is he whose departure was taken for misery. 
And whose going from us to be utter destruc- 
tion. 



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How is he now numbered among the children of 

God, 
And his lot among the saints ! 
Thus the righteous that is dead shall condemn 

the ungodly that are living, 
And youth that is soon perfected shall admonish 

the many years of an unrighteous man's 

old age. 
Yea, they shall be greatly rewarded: 
For God hath proved them, and found them 

worthy for himself. 

WISDOM VI, VII 

Wisdom is unto men a treasure that faileth not, 

And they that use it obtain friendship with God. 

For she is a breath of the power of God, 

And a clear effluence of the glory of the Al- 
mighty ; 

Therefore can nothing defiled find entrance into 
her. 

An effulgence from everlasting light is she. 

And an unspotted mirror of the working of God, 

And an image of his goodness. 

And she, being one, hath power to do all things; 

And remaining in herself, reneweth all things. 

She is initiated into the knowledge of God, 

And she chooseth out for him his works. 

Fairer is she than the sun. 

And above all the constellations of the stars : 

Being compared with light, she is found to be 
before it; 

For to the light of day succeedeth night. 

But against wisdom evil doth not prevail ; 



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But she reacheth from one end of the world to 

the other with full strength, 
And ordereth all things graciously. 

Wisdom is easily beheld of them that love her. 

And found of them that seek her. 

She forestalleth them that desire to know her, 

Making herself first known. 

He that riseth up early to seek her shall have 

no toil. 
For he shall find her sitting at his gates. 
She goeth about, herself seeking them that are 

worthy of her. 
And in their paths she appeareth unto them 

graciously. 
And in every purpose she meeteth them: 
And in all ages entering into holy souls, 
She maketh them friends of God and prophets. 

WISDOM YIII, IX 

Now when I considered in my heart 

How that in kinship unto wisdom is immortality. 

And in her friendship is good delight. 

And in the labours of her hands is wealth that 
faileth not. 

And in faithful communing with her is under- 
standing, 

And great renown in having fellowship with her 
words, 

I went about seeking how to take her unto my- 
self. 

But perceiving that I could not otherwise pos- 
sess wisdom except God gave her me. 



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And that it was a part of wisdom to know whose 

gift she is; 
I pleaded with the Lord and earnestly besought 

him. 

Then with my whole heart I prayed and said : 

O God of the fathers. Lord of mercy, 

Who madest all things by thy word. 

Grant unto me wisdom, that sitteth by thy 
throne. 

And was present when thou wast making the 
world. 

O send her forth out of thy holy heavens. 

And from the throne of thy glory bid her come. 

That being present with me she may toil with 
me, 

And that I may learn what is well-pleasing be- 
fore thee. 

For what man knoweth the counsel of God? 

Or who hath conceived what the Lord willeth? 

For hardly do we divine the things that are 
on earth, 

And the things that are close at hand we find 
with labour ; 

But the things that are in the heavens who ever 
yet traced out? 

And who ever gained knowledge of thy counsel, 
except thou gavest wisdom, 

And sentest thy Holy Spirit from on high? 

For so were the ways of them that are on earth 
corrected. 

And men were taught the things that are pleas- 
ing unto thee. 



ECCLESIASTICUS 

ECCLESIASTICUS II 

If thou comest to serve the Lord, 

Prepare thy soul for temptation. 

Set thine heart aright, and constantly endure. 

And make not haste in time of trouble. 

Cleave unto him, and depart not away. 

That thou mayest be increased at thy latter end. 

Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheer- 

fully, 
And be patient when thou are changed to a low 

estate. 
For gold is tried in the fire. 
And acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. 
Put thy trust in him, and he will help thee ; 
Order thy ways aright, and set thy hope on him. 

Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; 

And turn not aside, lest ye fall. 

Ye that fear the Lord, put your trust in him ; 

And your reward shall fail not. 

Ye that fear the Lord, hope for good. 

And for everlasting gladness and mercy. 

Look at the generations of old, and see: 

Who did ever put his trust in the Lord, and was 

ashamed ? 
Or who did abide in his fear, and was forsaken ? 
Or whom did he ever despise, that called upon 

him.'^ 

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278 ECCLESIASTICUS 

For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy ; 
And he forgiveth sins, and saveth in time of 
affliction. 

But woe unto fearful hearts, and to faint hands. 

And to the sinner that goeth two ways ! 

Woe unto the faint heart ! for it believeth not ; 

Therefore shall it not be defended. 

Woe unto you that have lost your patience ! 

And what will ye do when the Lord shall visit 

you.? 
They that fear the Lord will prepare their 

hearts, 
And will humble their souls in his sight, saying. 
We will fall into the hands of the Lord, 
And not into the hands of men ; 
For as his majesty is. 
So also is his mercy. 

ECCLESIASTICUS IV 

Wisdom exalteth her children. 

And layeth hold of them that seek her. 

He that loveth her loveth life; 

And they shall be filled with joy that seek her 
early. 

He that holdeth her fast shall inherit glory ; 

And wheresoever she entereth, the Lord will 
bless. 

They that serve her shall minister to the Holy 
One: 

And them that love her the Lord doth love. 

Whoso giveth ear unto her shall judge the na- 
tions : 



ECCLESIASTICUS 279 

And he shall dwell securely that attendeth unto 
her. 

If a man commit himself unto her, he shall 
inherit her; 

And his generation shall hold her in possession. 

At the first she will walk with him by crooked 
ways. 

And bring fear and dread upon him. 

And torment him with her discipline. 

Until she may trust his soul, and try him by her 
laws: 

But at the last she will return the straight way 
unto him, 

And will gladden him and shew him her secrets. 

Then shall the}^ know that there is nothing bet- 
ter than the fear of the Lord, 

And nothing sweeter than his commandments. 

ECCLESIASTICUS V, VIII, XI, XXXI 

Set not thine heart upon thy goods ; 

And say not. They are sufficient for me. 

For gold hath destroyed many. 

And perverted the hearts of kings. 

Yea, there is that waxeth rich by his wariness 

and pinching. 
And this is the portion of his reward: 
Whereas he saith, I have found rest. 
And now will eat continually of my goods ; 
Yet he knoweth not what time shall come upon 

him. 
And that he shall leave them to others, and die. 



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Blessed is the man that is found without blemish, 

And whose soul hath not gone after gold ! 

Who is he? and we will call him blessed: 

For wonderful things hath he done among his 
people. 

Who hath been tried thereby, and found per- 
fect? 

Then let him glory. 

Who hath had the power to transgress, and hath 
not transgressed? 

Or to do evil, and hath not done it? 

His name shall be established. 

And the congregation shall declare his praise. 

ECCLESIASTICUS V, XVI, XXIII, XLII 

Say not thou, I will hide myself from the Lord ; 
Who shall remember me from on high? 
Among so many people none shall behold me ; 
For what is my soul among such a number of 

creatures ? 
Neither say thou in thine heart, Who seeth me? 
I am compassed about with darkness, the walls 

cover me. 
And no man seeth me ; what need I to fear? 

Such a man feareth only the eyes of men, 
And knoweth not that the eyes of the Lord 
Are ten thousand times brighter than the sun. 
Beholding all the ways of men. 
And looking into secret places. 
All things were known unto him or ever they 
were created; 



ECCLESIASTICUS 281 

And in like manner also after they were per- 
fected. 
He searcheth out the deep, and the heart, 
And considereth their crafty devices ; 
For the eyes of the Lord are in every place. 
And every hidden thing is revealed unto him. 
Yea, no thought escapeth him. 
Neither is any word hidden from him. 
Behold, the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, 
The deep, and the earth, and all that therein is ; 
The mountains also and the foundations of the 

earth 
Lie open and revealed unto the Lord. 

Say not therefore, I have sinned, and no harm 

hath befallen me; 
For not for one sin shalt thou go unpunished. 
Neither say thou. His compassion is great ; 
The Lord will be pacified for the multitude of 

my sins: 
For as his compassion is great, so also is his 

correction. 
The Lord accepteth not the sacrifices of sinners ; 
But judgeth every man according to his works. 

ECCLESIASTICUS VI, XXXVII 

My son, if thou wilt, thou shalt be taught; 
And if thou wilt apply thy mind, thou shalt be 

prudent. 
If thou love to hear, thou shalt receive ; 
And if thou bow down thine ear, thou shalt be 

wise. 
Stand thou in the multitude of thine elders ; 



282 ECCLESIASTICUS 

And whoso is wise, cleave thou unto him. 
Be wilhng to hear every godly discourse; 
And let not the parables of understanding escape 

thee. 
If thou seest a man of understanding, get thee 

betimes unto him. 
And let thy foot wear the steps of his door. 
Yet accept no person against thine own soul. 
And let not reverence for any man cause thee to 

fall; 
But let the counsel of thine own heart stand : 
For there is none more faithful unto thee than it. 
For a man's mind is sometime wont to bring him 

tidings. 
More than seven watchmen, that sit above in an 

high tower. 
And above this pray to the Most High, 
That he may direct thy way in truth. 
Let thj mind be upon the ordinances of the 

Lord, 
And meditate continually on his commandments: 
Then shall he give thee wisdom, and establish 

thine heart. 

ECCLESIASTICUS VI, XXXVII 

A faithful friend is a strong defence; 

And he that hath found such hath found a 

treasure. 
Change not thy friend for any good thing ; 
Neither a faithful brother for the gold of Ophir. 
Forsake not the old friend ; 
For the new is not comparable to him: 
For a new friend is as new wine ; 



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But when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleas- 
ure. 

Nothing doth counterv^ail a faithful friend. 

Yea, his excellency is beyond price. 

For some man is a friend of his own occasion. 

And will not abide in the day of trouble. 

And there is a friend, who being turned to en- 
mity and strife. 

Will discover thy reproach. 

Again, some friend is a companion at the table. 

Yet will he not continue in the day of thy afflic- 
tion. 

In thy prosperity he will be as thyself; 

But if thou be brought low, he will be against 
thee, 

And will hide himself from thy face. 

Every friend will say, I also am his friend : 

But there is a friend, who is a friend in name 
only. 

Is there not a grief in it even unto death. 

When a companion and friend is turned to en- 
mity ? 

But a faithful friend is the medicine of life ; 

And they that fear the Lord shall find him. 

Yea, whoso feareth the Lord shall direct his 
friendship aright ; 

For as he is, even so also shall be his friend. 

ECCLESIASTICUS X, XI 

Commend not a man for his beauty ; 
Neither abhor a man for his outward appear- 
ance. 
The bee is little among such as fly ; 



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Yet is her fruit the chief of sweet things. 
Boast not of thy clothing and raiment. 
And exalt not thyself in the day of honour: 
For the works of the Lord are wonderful, 
And his ways among men are hidden. 
Many kings have sat down upon the ground ; 
And one that was never esteemed hath worn the 

crown. 
Many mighty men have been greatly disgraced ; 
And the honourable delivered into other men's 

hands. 
For the beginning of pride is when one departeth 

from God, 
And his heart is turned away from his Maker. 
But wisdom lifteth up the head of him that is 

lowly. 
And maketh him to sit among great men. 
Great men, and judges, and potentates, shall be 

honoured ; 
Yet is there none of them greater than he that 

feareth the Lord. 

ECCLESIASTICUS XV, XVII 

Say not. It is through the Lord that I fell away ; 
Neither say thou. It is he that made me to err: 
For he hath not commanded any man to do 

wickedly. 
Neither hath he given any man licence to sin. 
The Lord created man at the beginning, 
And endued them with strength proper to them. 
He made them according to his own image. 
And put the fear of him upon all flesh. 
He filled them with the knowledge of wisdom. 



ECCLESIASTICUS 285 

And shewed them good and evil. 

He set his eye upon their hearts, 

To shew them the majesty of his works. 

He added unto them knowledge, 

And gave them the law of life for an heritage. 

He made an everlasting covenant with them,, 

And shewed them his judgments. 

Their eyes saw the majesty of his glory; 

And their ear heard the glory of his voice. 

And he said unto them. Beware of all unright- 
eousness ; 

And from all iniquity turn away. 

He hath set fire and water before thee : 

Thou mayest stretch forth thine hand unto 
whichsoever thou wilt. 

Before man is life and death; 

And whichsoever he liketh, it shall be given him. 

If thou wilt, thou shalt keep the commandments. 

And to perform faithfulness is in thine own 
power. 

ECCLESIASTICUS XXXIV, XXXV 

Think not to corrupt God with gifts ; 

And trust not to unrighteous sacrifices. 

He that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, 

Doth offer reproach unto God. 

The Most High hath no pleasure in the offerings 

of the ungodly ; 
Neither is he pacified for sins by the multitude 

of sacrifices. 
As one that killeth the son before his father's 

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Is he that bringeth a sacrifice from the goods of 
of the poor. 

As one that slayeth his neighbour 

Is he that taketh away his hving. 

The bread of the needy is the Hfe of the poor: 

He that depriveth him thereof is a man of blood. 

He that keepeth the law bringeth offerings 
enough ; 

He that taketh heed to the commandments sac- 
rificeth a peace offering. 

He that requiteth a good turn maketh a meal 
offering ; 

And he that giveth alms sacrificeth a thank of- 
fering. 

Whoso honoureth his father maketh an atone- 
ment for sins ; 

And he that doth reverence his mother bringeth 
acceptable sacrifice. 

ECCLESIASTICUS XXXVIII 

Honour the physician with the honour due unto 

him; 
For verily the Lord hath created him. 
For from the Most High cometh healing; 
And he shall be honoured even by the king. 
The skill of the physician shall lift up his head ; 
And in the sight of great men he shall be exalted. 
The Lord created medicines out of the earth, 
That he might be glorified in his marvelous 

works ; 
And he that is wise will not despise them. 
With them doth the physician heal a man, 
And taketh away his pain. 



ECCLESIASTICUS 287 

Yea, there is a time when in his hands is the issue 

of hfe: 
For by his skill doth he make supplication unto 

the Lord, 
That he may prosper him in giving relief. 
And send healing for the maintenance of life ; 
And from him is peace upon the face of the 

earth. 

ECCLESIASTICUS XXXVIII 

Let us now praise famous men, 

Even the artificer and workmaster. 

That passeth his time by night as by day ; 

They that cut gravings of signets. 

And his diligence is to make great variety ; 

He setteth his heart to preserve likeness in his 

portraiture, 
And is wakeful to finish his work. 

So is the smith sitting by the anvil, 

And considering the unwrought iron: 

The vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh. 

And in the heat of the furnace doth he wrestle 

with his work; 
The noise of the hammer is ever in his ear. 
And his eyes are upon the pattern of the vessel ; 
He setteth his heart upon perfecting his works, 
And is wakeful to adorn them perfectly. 

So is the potter sitting at his work. 
And turning the wheel about with his feet. 
Who is always anxiously set at his work. 
And all his handiwork is by measure; 



288 ECCLESIASTICUS 

He f ashioneth the clay with his arm, 
And bendeth its strength in front of his feet ; 
He appHeth his heart to finish the glazing. 
And is wakeful to make clean the furnace. 

AH these put their trust in their hands. 
And each becometh wise in his own work. 
Yea, though they be not sought for in the coun- 
cil of the people, 
Nor be exalted in the assembly ; 
Though they sit not on the seat of the judge, 
Nor understand the covenant of judgment; 
Though they declare not instruction and judg- 
ment. 
And be not found amon^ them that utter dark 

sayings : 
Yet without these shall not a city be inhabited, 
Nor shall men sojourn or walk up and down 

therein. 
For these maintain the fabric of the world. 
And in the handiwork of their craft is their 
prayer. 

ECCLESIASTICUS XXXIX 

He that giveth his mind to the law of the Most 

High, 
And is occupied in the meditation thereof. 
Will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients, 
And will be occupied in prophecies. 
He will keep the sayings of the men of renown, 
And where subtil parables are, there will he be 

also. 
He will seek out the hidden meaning of proverbs. 



ECCLESIASTICUS 289 

And be conversant in the dark sayings of para- 
bles. 

He shall serve before great men, 

And appear before princes : 

He will travel through strange countries ; 

For he hath tried the good and the evil among 
men. 

He will give his heart to resort early to the Lord 
that made him, 

And will pray before the Most High. 

When the great Lord will. 

He shall be filled with the spirit of understand- 
ing: 

He shall pour forth the words of his wisdom, 

And in prayer give thanks unto the Lord. 

He shall direct his counsel and knowledge, 

And in his secrets shall he meditate. 

He shall shew forth that which he hath learned. 

And shall glory in the law of the covenant of the 
Lord. 

Many shall commend his understanding; 

And while the world endureth, it shall not be 
blotted out : 

His memorial shall not depart away. 

And his name shall live from generation to gene- 
ration. 

Nations shall shew forth his wisdom, 

And the congregation shall declare his praise. 



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ECCLESIASTICUS XLIV 

Wisdom iv 
Let us now praise famous men. 
By whom, the Lord hath wrought great glory. 
Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms. 
And were men renowned for their power. 
Giving counsel by their understanding, 
Such as have brought tidings in prophecies : 
Leaders of the people by their counsels. 
And by their understanding men of learning for 

the people ; 
Wise were their words in their instruction : 
Such as sought out musical tunes, 
And set forth verses in writing : 
Men richly furnished with ability. 
Living peaceably in their habitations : 
All these were honoured in their generations, 
And were the glory of their times. 
Yea, they were men of mercy. 
Whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten. 
Their bodies are buried in peace. 
But their name liveth for evermore. 
For the memorial of virtue is immortal ; 
Because it is known with God and with men. 
When it is present, men take example of it ; 
And when it is gone, they desire it : 
And throughout all time it marcheth crowned 

in triumph. 
Victorious in the strife for the prizes that are 

undefiled. 
Therefore will the people tell of their wisdom. 
And the congregation will shew forth their 

praise. 



SYNTHETIC READINGS 
THE NEW TESTAIMENT 



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THE GOSPELS 
MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE 

LUKE I 

Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers. 

For he hath visited and wrought redemption for 
his people. 

And hath raised us up an hope of salvation 

In the house of his servant David 

(As he spake by the mouth of the holy prophets 

That have been since the world began) ; 

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, 

And to remember his holy covenant ; 

The promise which he gave unto our fathers. 

To grant unto us that we should serve him with- 
out fear. 

In holiness and righteousness before him all our 
days. 

Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet 
of the Most High: 

For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord 

To make ready his ways ; 

To give knowledge of salvation unto his people 

In the remission of their sins, 

Because of the tender mercy of our God, 

Whereby the dayspring from on high shall 
visit us, 

To shine upon them that sit in darkness and 
the shadow of death, 

And to guide our feet into the way of peace. 

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294 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

LUKE II 

Now there were in the same country shepherds 
abiding in the field, and keeping watch over 
their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord 
stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone 
round about them: and they were sore afraid. 
And the angel said unto them : 

Fear not; for behold, I bring you good tid- 
ings of great joy 

Which shall be to all people: 

For unto you is born this day in the city of 
David 

A Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 

Anathis is the sign unto you: 

Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling 
clothes. 

And lying in a manger. 

And suddenly there was with the angel a mul- 
titude of the heavenly host praising God, and 
saying : 

Glory to God in the highest, 

And on earth peace, good will toward men. 

And it came to pass, when the angels went 
away from them into heaven, that the shepherds 
said one to another, Let us now go even unto 
Bethlehem, and see this thing that is come to 
pass, which the Lord hath made known unto 
us. And they came with haste, and found both 
Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the 
manger. And when they saw it, they made 
known concerning the saying which was spoken 



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to them about this child. And all that heard it 
wondered at the things which were spoken unto 
them by the shepherds. And the shepherds re- 
turned, glorifying and praising God for all the 
things that they had heard and seen, even as it 
was spoken unto them. 

MATTHEW II 

Now in the days of Herod the king, behold, 
wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, say- 
ing. Where is he that is born King of the Jews '^ 
for we saw his star in the east, and are come 
to worship him. And when Herod the king had 
heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem 
with him. And gathering together all the chief 
priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of 
them where the Christ should be born. And 
they said unto him. In Bethlehem of Judaea ; for 
thus it is written by the prophet: 

And thou BetUehem, land of Judah, 

Art in no wise least among the princes of 

Judah : 
For out of thee shall come forth a governor, 
Who shall be shepherd of my people Israel. 

Then Herod privily called the wise men, and 
learned of them carefully what time the star ap- 
peared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and 
said. Go and search out carefully concerning the 
young child ; and when ye have found him, bring 
me word, that I also may come and worship him. 
And they, having heard the king, went their 



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way; and lo, the star, which they saw in the 
east, went before them, till it came and stood over 
where the young child was. And when they 
saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great 
joy. And they came into the house and saw 
the young child with Mary his mother ; and they 
fell down and worshipped him ; and opening their 
treasures, they offered unto him gifts, gold and 
frankincense and myrrh. 

LUKE II 

Now it came to pass in those days, that there 
went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that 
all the world should be enrolled. And all went 
to. enrol themselves, every one to his own city. 
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of 
the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, to the city of 
David, which is called Bethlehem, because he 
was of the house and family of David ; to enrol 
himself with Mary, his wife. And it came to 
pass, while they were there, that Mary brought 
forth her firstborn son; and she wrapped him 
in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, 
because there was no room for them in the inn. 
And they called his name Jesus. 

And they brought the child up to Jerusalem, 
to present him to the Lord (as it is written in 
the law. Every male that is born shall be called 
holy to the Lord). And behold, there was a 
man In Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon ; and 
this man was righteous and devout, looking for 
the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit 
was upon him. And it had been revealed unto 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 297 

him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see 
death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 
And he came in the Spirit into the temple: and 
when the parents brought in the child Jesus, 
that they might do concerning him after the 
custom of the law, then he received him into his 
arms, and blessed God, and said : 

Now lettest thou thy servant depart, O 

Lord, 
According to thy word, in peace ; 
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation. 
Which thou hast prepared before the face of 

all peoples; 
A light for revelation to the Gentiles, 
And the glory of thy people Israel. 

And when the parents had accomplished all 
things that were according to the law of the 
Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own 
city Nazareth. And the child grew, and waxed 
strong, becoming full of wisdom: and the grace 
of God was upon him. 

LUKE II 

And the child Jesus grew, and waxed strong, 
becoming full of wisdom ; and the grace of God 
was upon him. 

Now his parents went every year to Jerusalem 
at the feast of the passover. And when he was 
twelve years old, they went up after the cus- 
tom of the feast; and when they had fulfilled 
the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus 
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knew it not; but supposing him to be in the 
company, they went a day's journey; and they 
sought for him among their kinsfolk and ac- 
quaintance: and when they found him not, they 
returned to Jerusalem, seeking for him. 

And it came to pass, that after three days 
they found him in the temple, sitting in the 
midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and 
asking them questions : and all that heard him 
were amazed at his understanding and his an- 
swers. And when they saw him, they were 
astonished: and his mother said unto him, Son, 
why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy 
father and I sought thee sorrowing. And he 
said unto them. How is it that ye sought me.^ 
wist ye not that I must be in my Father's house .^^ 
And they understood not the saying which he 
spake unto them: howbeit his mother kept all 
these sayings in her heart. 

And he went down with them, and came to 
Nazareth ; and he was obedient unto them. And 
Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in 
favour with God and men. 

MATTHEW III. MARK I. LUKE III 

In those days came John the Baptist, preach- 
ing in the wilderness of Judsea, saying. Repent 
ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 
Even as it is written : 

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 
Prepare ye the way of the Lord. 

Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all 
Judsea, and all the region round about Jordan; 



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and they were baptized of him in the river Jor- 
dan, confessing their sins. But when he saw 
many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to 
his baptism, he said unto them. Who warned you 
to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth 
therefore fruits worthy of your repentance, and 
begin not to say within yourselves. We have 
Abraham to our father ; for I say unto you that 
God is able of these stones to raise up children 
unto Abraham ! And even now is the axe also 
laid unto the root of the trees : every tree there- 
fore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn 
down, and cast into the fire. 

And the multitudes asked him, saying. What 
then must we do? And he answered and said 
unto them. He that hath two coats, let him im- 
part to him that hath none; and he that hath 
food, let him do likewise. And there came also 
publicans to be baptized, and they said unto 
him. Master, what must we do? And he said 
unto them. Extort no more than that which is 
appointed you. And soldiers also asked him, 
saying. And we, what must we do ? And he said 
unto them. Do violence to no man, neither ac- 
cuse any one wrongfully; and be content with 
your wages. And with many other things in 
his exhortation preached he unto the people. 

MATTHEW III, IV. MARK I. LUKE III, IV 

And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus 
came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was bap- 
tized of John in the Jordan. And straightway 
coming up out of the water, he beheld the heav- 



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ens opened unto him, and the Spirit as a dove 
descending upon him: and a voice came out of 
the heavens, 

Thou art my beloved Son; 
In thee am I well pleased. 

And straightway the Spirit driveth him forth 
into the wilderness, to be tempted. And he was 
in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan; 
and he was with the wild beasts. 

Now he did eat nothing in those days: and 
when they were completed, he afterward hun- 
gered. And the tempter came and said unto 
him. If thou art the Son of God, command that 
these stones become bread. But he answered 
and said, It is written, Man shall not live by 
bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth 
out of the mouth of God. 

Then the devil taketh him into the holy city ; 
and he set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and 
saith unto him. If thou art the Son of God, 
cast thyself down from hence ; for it is written : 

He shall give his angels charge over thee: 
And on their hands shall they bear thee up, 
Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a 
stone. 

Jesus said unto him. Again it is written, Thou 
shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 

Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding 
high mountain, and sheweth him all the king- 
doms of the world, and the glory of them, in 
a moment of time, and he said unto him. All 
these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall 



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down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto 
him, Get thee hence, Satan! for it is written, 
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him 
only shalt thou serve. 

And when the devil had completed every temp- 
tation, he departed from him for a season ; and 
behold, angels came and ministered unto him. 
And in the power of the Spirit Jesus returned 
into Galilee: and a fame went out concerning: 
him through all the region round about. 



o 



LUKE IV 

And Jesus in the power of the Spirit returned 
into Galilee. And he came to Nazareth, where 
he had been brought up: and he entered, as his 
custom was, into the synagogue on the sabbath 
day, and stood up to read. And there was 
delivered unto him the book of the prophet 
Isaiah. And he opened the book, and found the 
place where it was written: 

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, 
Because he hath anointed me 
To preach good tidings to the poor: 
He hath sent me 
To heal the broken-hearted. 
To proclaim release to the captives, 
And recovering of sight to the blind, 
To set at liberty them that are bruised, 
To proclaim the acceptable year of the 
Lord. 

And he closed the book, and gave it back to 
the attendant, and sat down : and the eyes of all 



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in the synagogue were fastened on him. And 
he began to say unto them. To-day hath this 
scripture been fulfilled in your ears. And all 
bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious 
words which proceeded out of his mouth. 

MATTHEW IV, XII. MARK V 

And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching 
in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel 
of the kingdom, and healing all manner of dis- 
eases and all manner of sickness among the peo- 
ple. And his name was spread abroad, inso- 
much that the multitudes followed him, and 
pressed upon him that they might touch him; 
for power went forth from him, and healed them 
all. 

And a certain woman, who had an infirmity 
twelve years, and had suffered many things of 
many physicians, and had spent all that she had, 
and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, 
when she had heard of Jesus, came in the press 
behind and touched his garment. For she said 
within herself. If I may touch but the hem of his 
garment, I shall be made whole. And straight- 
way she felt in her body that she was healed of 
her plague. 

And straightway Jesus, perceiving that the 
power proceeding from him had gone forth, 
turned him about in the press, and said. Who 
did touch my garments.^ And his disciples said 
unto him. Thou seest the multitude pressing 
upon thee, and sayest thou. Who touched me.^^ 
But Jesus said, Some one did touch me: for I 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 303 

perceived that power had gone forth from me. 
And he looked round about to see her that had 
done this thing. But the woman fearing and 
trembhng, came and fell down before him, and 
told him all the truth. And he said unto her, 
Daughter, be of good cheer ; thy faith hath made 
thee whole. Go in peace. 

And fear took hold on all : and they glorified 
God, saying, A great prophet is arisen among 
us ! and, God hath visited his people ! And this 
report went forth concerning him in the whole 
of Judaea, and all the region round about. 

MATTHEW XII. MARK II, III. LUKE VI, XIII 

Now it came to pass on a sabbath, that Jesus 
was going through the cornfields ; and his dis- 
ciples were an hungred, and began to pluck ears 
of corn, and to eat. But certain of the Phari- 
sees, when they saw it, said unto him. Behold, 
thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do 
on the sabbath. And Jesus answering them 
said, Have ye not read what David did, when he 
was an hungred, and they that were with him; 
how he entered into the house of God, and did 
eat the shewbread, which it is not lawful to' eat 
save for the priests alone ? Or have ye not read 
in the law, how that on the sabbath day the 
priests in the temple by their labours profane 
the sabbath, and are guiltless? But if ye had 
known what this meaneth, 

I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, 
ye would not have condemned the guiltless. For 
the Son of man is lord of the sabbath. 



304 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

And he departed thence, and went into their 
synagogue: and there was a man there whose 
right hand was withered. And the scribes and 
the Pharisees watched Jesus, whether he would 
heal on the sabbath; that they might find how 
to accuse him. And Jesus said unto the man 
whose hand was withered, Stretch forth thine 
hand. And he stretched it forth ; and it was re- 
stored whole, as the other. The Pharisees there- 
fore asked Jesus, saying. Is it lawful to heal on 
the sabbath day? And Jesus said unto them, 
I ask you. Is it lawful on the sabbath day to do 
good, or to do harm ? to save a life, or to destroy 
it.? What man shall there be of you, that shall 
have one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the 
sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it and lift 
it out.'^ How much then is a man of more value 
than a sheep ! Wherefore it is lawful to do good 
on the sabbath day. 

And again he was teaching in one of the syna- 
gogues on the sabbath day. And behold, a 
woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen 
years ; and she was bowed together, and could in 
no wise lift herself up. And when Jesus saw 
her, he laid his hands upon her : and immediately 
she was made straight, and glorified God. But 
the ruler of the synagogue, being moved with 
indignation because Jesus had healed on the sab- 
bath, spake and said unto the multitude. There 
are six days in which men ought to work: in 
them therefore come and be healed, and not on 
the day of the sabbath. But Jesus answered 
him, and said. Doth not each one of you on the 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 305 

sabbath loose his ox from the stall, and lead him 
away to watering? And ought not this woman, 
who has been bound, lo, these eighteen years, to 
have been loosed from this bond on the day of 
the sabbath? And he said unto them. The sab- 
bath was made for man, and not man for the 

sabbath. 

MATTHEW V 

And seeing the multitudes, Jesus went up into 
the mountain : and when he had sat down, his dis- 
ciples came unto him : and he opened his mouth 
and taught them, saying: 

Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the 
kingdom of heaven. 

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall 
be comforted. 

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit 
the earth. 

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after 
righteousness: for they shall be filled. 

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall ob- 
tain mercy. 

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall 
see God. 

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall 
be called sons of God. 

Blessed are they that have been persecuted for 
righteousness' sake : for theirs is the kingdom of 
heaven. Blessed are ye when men shall reproach 
you, and persecute you, and say all manner of 
evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, 
and be exceeding glad : for great is your reward 
in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets 
that were before you. 



306 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt 
have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? 
it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast 
out and trodden under foot of men. 

Ye are the light of the world. A city set on 
an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a 
lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the 
stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the 
house. Even so let your light shine before men ; 
that they may see your good works, and glorify 
your Father who is in heaven. 

MATTHEW V. LUKE VI 

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, 
or the prophets : I am not come to destroy, but 
to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till 
heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle 
shall in no wise pass away from the law, till 
all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break 
one of these least commandments, and shall teach 
men so, he shall be called least in the kingdom 
of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach 
them, the same shall be called great in the king- 
dom of heaven. For I say unto you. Except 
your righteousness shall exceed that of the 
scribes and Pharisees ye shall in no wise enter 
into the kingdom of heaven. 

Ye have heard that it was said to them of old 
time. Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall 
kill, shall be in danger of the judgment: but I 
say unto you. Whosoever is angry with his 
brother without cause, shall be in danger of the 
judgment. Therefore if thou art offering thy 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 307 

gift at the altar, and there rememberest that 
thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there 
thy gift before the altar, and go thy way ; first 
be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and 
offer thy gift. 

Again, ye have heard that it was said to them 
of old time. Thou shalt not forswear thyself, 
but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: 
but I say unto you. Swear not at all; neither 
by the heaven, for it is the throne of God; nor 
by the earth, for it is his footstool; neither by 
Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because 
thou canst not make one hair white or black. 
But let your communcation be. Yea, yea; Nay, 
nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh 
of evil. 

Ye have heard that it was said. An eye for an 
eye, and a tooth for a tooth : but I say unto you. 
Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever shall 
smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the 
other also. And if any man will sue thee at the 
law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy 
cloke also. And whosoever shall compel thee to 
go a mile, go with him twain. Give to him that 
asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of 
thee turn not thou away. 

Ye have heard that it was said. Thou shalt 
love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: but 
I say unto you. Love your enemies, bless them 
that curse you, do good to them that hate you, 
and pray for them that despitefuUy use you, 
and persecute you; that ye may be the children 



308 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

of your Father who is in heaven ; for he mak- 
eth his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, 
and sendeth the rain on the just and on the un- 
just. For if ye love them that love you, what 
reward have ye? do not even the publicans the 
same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what 
do ye more than others? do not even the publi- 
cans so? But love your enemies, and do them 
good, despairing of no man; and your reward 
shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most 
High : for he is kind toward the unthankful and 
the evil. Be ye therefore perfect, even as your 
Father who is in heaven is perfect. 

MATTHEW VI 

Take heed that ye do not your righteousness 
before men, to be seen of them : otherwise ye 
have no reward with your Father who is in 
heaven. 

When therefore thou givest alms, do not sound 
a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in 
the synagogues and in the streets, that they 
may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you. 
They have received their reward. But thou, 
when thou givest alms, let not thy left hand 
know what thy right hand doeth ; that thine alms 
may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in 
secret shall recompense thee. 

And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypo- 
crites; for they love to stand and pray in the 
synagogues and in the corners of the streets, 
that they may* be seen of men. Verily I say 
unto you. They have received their reward. But 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 309 

thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner 
chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy 
Father who is in secret, and thy Father who 
seeth in secret shall recompense thee. 

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypo- 
crites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure 
their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. 
Verily, I say unto you. They have received their 
reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint 
thine head, and wash thy face ; that thou be not 
seen of men to fast, but of thy Father who is 
in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret 
shall recompense thee. 

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father 
who is in heaven is perfect. 

MATTHEW VI. LUKE XI 

And it came to pass, as Jesus was praying in 
a certain place, that when he ceased, one of his 
disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us how to 
pray. And he said: 

When ye pray, use not vain repetitions as the 
Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be 
heard for their much speaking. Be not there- 
fore like unto them: for your Father knoweth 
what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 
And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have 
aught against any: that your Father also who 
is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. 
After this manner therefore pray ye: 

Our Father who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy name. 
Thy kingdom come. 



310 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

Thy will be done, 

As in heaven, so on earth. 

Give us this day our daily bread. 

And forgive us our debts. 

As we also have forgiven our debtors. 

And bring us not into temptation, 

But deliver us from evil. 

For what man is there of you, that is a father, 
who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give 
him a stone .'^ or if he shall ask for a fish, will 
give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, 
know how to give right gifts unto your chil- 
dren, how much more shall your heavenly Father 
give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him. 

MATTHEW VI. LUKE XII 

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the 
earth, where moth and rust doth consume, and 
where thieves break through and steal: but lay 
up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where 
neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where 
thieves do not break through nor steal : for where 
thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also. 
The lamp of the body is the eye : if therefore 
thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be 
full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy 
whole body shall be full of darkness. If there- 
fore the light that is in thee be darkness, how 
great is that darkness ! No man can serve two 
masters : for either he will hate the one, and love 
the other; or else he will hold to the one, and 
despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and 
mammon. 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 311 

Therefore I say unto you. Be not anxious for 
your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall 
drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall 
put on. Is not the life more than the meat, 
and the body than the raiment? Behold the 
fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do 
they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your 
heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of 
much more value than they? And which of 
you by being anxious can add one cubit unto 
his stature? And why are ye anxious concern- 
ing raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how 
they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 
and yet I say unto you. Even Solomon in all 
his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the 
field which to day is, and to morrow is cast into 
the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O 
ye of little faith? 

Be not therefore anxious, saying. What shall 
we eat? or. What shall we drink? or. Where- 
withal shall we be clothed ? For all these things 
do the nations of the world seek after : for your 
heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of 
all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom 
of God, and his righteousness; and all these 
things shall be added unto you. 

MATTHEW VII. LUKE VI 

Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and 
condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: 
release, and ye shall be released: give, and it 
shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed 



312 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

down, shaken together, running over, shall they 
give into your bosom. For with what measure 
ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in 
thy brother's eye, but conslderest not the beam 
that is in thine own eye? Or how canst thou 
say to thy brother. Brother, let me cast out the 
mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself be- 
holdest not the beam that is in thine own eye.? 
Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of 
thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to 
cast out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. 
And as ye would that men should do to you, do 
ye even so to them: for this is the law and the 
prophets. 

MATTHEW VII. LUKE VI 

Beware of false prophets, who come to you 
in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening 
wolves. By their fruits ye shall know them. 
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of 
thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth 
forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth 
forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth 
evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth 
good fruit. Therefore by their fruits ye shall 
know them. 

Not every one that saith unto me. Lord, Lord, 
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he 
that doeth the will of my Father who is in 
heaven. Many will say to me in that day. Lord, 
Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by 
thy name cast out devils, and by thy name do 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 313 

many mighty works? And then will I profess 
unto them, I never knew you; depart from me, 
ye that work iniquity. 

Every one therefore that heareth these words 
of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto 
a wise man, who built his house upon the rock: 
and the rain descended, and the floods came, and 
the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and 
it fell not: for it was founded upon the rock. 
And every one that heareth these words of mine, 
and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a 
foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: 
and the rain descended, and the floods came, and 
the winds blew, and smote upon that house ; and 
it fell: and great was the fall thereof. 

And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these 
sayings, that the multitudes were astonished at 
his teaching: for he taught them as one having 
authority, and not as their scribes. 

MATTHEW VIII. MARK XI. LUKE VII 

Now when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, 
there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 
and saying, Lord, my servant lieth in the house 
sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And 
Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 
And the centurion answered and said. Lord, I am 
not worthy that thou shouldest come under my 
roof; but only say the word, and my servant 
shall be healed. For I also am a man under au- 
thority, having under myself soldiers : and I say 
to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, 
Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do 



SU MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

this, and he doeth it. And when Jesus heard it, 
he marvelled, and said to them that followed, 
Verily I say unto' you, With no man in Israel 
have I found so great faith. And Jesus said 
unto the centurion. Go thy way ; as thou hast be- 
lieved, so be it done unto thee. And the servant 
was healed in that hour. 

And Jesus saith unto- his disciples, Have faith 
in God ! For verily I say unto you. Whosoever 
shall say unto this mountain. Be thou taken up 
and cast into the sea ; and in his heart shall not 
doubt, but shall believe that what he saith cometh 
to pass ; he shall have it. Yea, if ye have faith, 
though it be even as a grain of mustard seed, 
ye shall ask what ye will; and nothing shall be 
impossible unto you. 

LUKE VII 

Now one of the Pharisees, Simon by name, 
desired Jesus that he would eat with him. And 
he entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat down 
to meat. And behold, a woman who was in the 
city, a sinner; and when she knew that Jesus 
was sitting at meat in the Pharisee's house, she 
brought an alabaster cruse of ointment, and 
standing behind at his feet, weeping, she began 
to wet his feet with her tears, and did wipe them 
with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and 
anointed them with the ointment. Now when 
the Pharisee that had bidden him saw it, he spake 
within himself, saying. This man, if he were a 
prophet, would have perceived who and what 
manner of woman this is that toucheth him, that 
she is a sinner. 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 315 

And Jesus, perceiving his thought, said, Si- 
mon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And 
he saith. Master, say on. And Jesus saith, A 
certain lender had two debtors : the one owed 
five hundred shiUings, and the other fifty. 
When they had not wherewith to pay, he for- 
gave them both. Which of them therefore will 
love him most? Simon answered and said. He, 
I suppose, to whom he forgave the most. And 
Jesus said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. 
And turning to the woman, Jesus said unto Si- 
mon, Seest thou this woman .^^ I entered into 
thine house, thou gavest me no water for my 
feet ; but she hath wetted my feet with her tears, 
and wiped them with her hair. Thou gavest 
me no kiss; but she, since the time I came in, 
hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with 
oil thou didst not anoint; but she hath anointed 
my feet with ointment. Wherefore I say unto 
thee. Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; 
for she loved much: but to whom little is for- 
given, the same loveth little. And he said unto 
the woman. Thy sins are forgiven ; go in peace. 

MATTHEW XI, XXI. MARK XI. LUKE VII, XX 

And it came to pass on one of the days, as 
Jesus was teaching the people in the temple, and 
preaching the gospel, that there came upon him 
the chief priests and the scribes with the elders ; 
and they spake, saying unto him. Tell us : By 
what authority doest thou these things? or who 
is he that gave thee this authority? And he 
answered and said unto them, I also will ask you 



316 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

a question ; and tell me : The baptism of John, 
was it from heaven, or from men? And they 
reasoned with themselves, saying. If we shall 
say. From heaven; he will say. Why then did 
ye not believe him? But if we shall say. From 
men; all the people will stone us: for they are 
persuaded that John was a prophet. So they 
answered that they knew not whence it was. 

Then said Jesus unto them, Whereunto shall 
I liken the men of this generation? They are 
like unto children that sit in the marketplace, 
and call one to another ; who say. We piped unto 
you, and ye did not dance ; we wailed, and ye did 
not weep. For John the Baptist came eating 
no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say. He 
hath a devil. The Son of man is come eating 
and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous 
man, and a winebibber, the friend of publicans 
and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her 
works. 

MATTHEW XIII. MARK IV. LUKE VIII 

The same day went Jesus out of the house, 
and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes 
were gathered together unto him, so that he 
went into a boat, and sat; and the whole multi- 
tude stood on the shore. And he taught them 
many things in parables, and said unto them in 
his teaching: 

Behold, the sower went forth to sow: and it 
came to pass, as he sowed, some seed fell by 
the wayside, and the birds came and devoured 
it. And other fell on the rocky ground, where 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 317 

it had not much earth; and straightway it 
sprang up, because it had no deepness of earth : 
and when the sun was risen, it was scorched; 
and because it had no root, it withered away. 
And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns 
grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 
But other fell into the good ground, and yielded 
fruit, growing up and increasing; and brought 
forth, some thirtyfold, some sixtyfold, and some 
an hundredfold. He that hath ears to hear, let 
him hear. 

And when he was alone, the disciples said unto 
him. Explain unto us the parable of the sower. 
And he saith unto them. Know ye not this para- 
ble? and how shall ye know all the parables.? 
Hear ye then the parable of the sower : 

When any one heareth the word of the king- 
dom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the 
wicked one, and snatcheth away that which was 
sown in his heart. This is he that received seed 
by the wayside. But he that received the seed 
into rocky places, the same is he that heareth 
the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; yet 
hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a 
while: for in time of temptation, when tribula- 
tion or persecution ariseth because of the word, 
by and by he is offended. And he that received 
seed among the thorns, is he that heareth the 
word; but the cares and pleasures of the world, 
and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of 
other things, choke the word, and he becometh 
unfruitful. But he that received seed into the 
good ground, is he that receiveth the word and 



318 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

understandeth it ; and out of an honest and good 
heart, holding the word fast, bringeth forth 
fruit with stedfastness. 

MATTHEW XIII 

The same day went Jesus out of the house, 
and sat by the sea side^. And there were gath- 
ered unto him, great multitudes, so that he en- 
tered intO' a boat, and sat ; and all the multitude 
stood on the beach. And he taught them many 
things in parables. And he set forth this para- 
ble before them, saying: 

The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man 
that sowed good seed in his field; but while men 
slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also 
among the wheat, and went away. But when 
the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, 
then appeared the tares also. And the servants 
of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, 
didst thou not sow good seed in thy field ? whence 
then hath it tares .^ And he said unto them. An 
enemy hath done this ! And the servants say 
unto him. Wilt thou then that we go and gather 
them up ? But he saith. Nay ; lest haply while 
ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat 
with them. Let both grow together until 
the harvest ; and in the time of harvest I will say 
to the reapers. Gather up first the tares, and 
bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather 
the wheat into my barn. 

Then Jesus left the multitudes, and went into 
the house. And his disciples came unto him, 
saying. Explain unto us the parable of the 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 319 

tares of the field. Jesus therefore answered and 
said unto them, He that soweth the good seed 
is the Son of man; and the field is the world; 
and the good seed, these are the sons of the 
kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the 
wicked one ; the enemy that sowed them is the 
evil one : and the harvest is the end of the world ; 
and the reapers are angels. He that hath ears, 
let him hear. 

MATTHEW VIII. MARK V. LUKE VIII 

Now when Jesus was come to the other side of 
the sea, straightway there met him a man with an 
unclean spirit, who had his dwelling in the tombs. 
And for a long time he had worn no clothes, 
and abode not in any house, but in the tombs. 
And always, night and day, in the tombs and in 
the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting 
himself with stones. And no man could any 
more bind him, no, not with a chain; because 
that he had often been bound with fetters and 
chains, and the chains had been rent asunder by 
him, and the fetters broken in pieces: and no 
man had strength to tame him. And he was ex- 
ceeding fierce, so that no man could pass by 
that way. And when he saw Jesus from afar, 
he ran unto him and worshipped him. Then 
Jesus commanded the unclean spirit, and it came 
out from the man, and left him. And when the 
multitude was come to Jesus, they saw the man 
sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his 
right mind. And they did all marvel greatly. 

And as Jesus was entering into the boat, the 



320 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

man besought that he might go with Jesus. 
Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto 
him. Return to thine own house and to thy 
friends. So the man went his way, publishing 
throughout the whole city how great things 
Jesus had done for him. 

MATTHEW XI, XXIII. LUKE XI 

Beware of the scribes and the Pharisees; for 
they say, and do not. Yea, they bind heavy 
burdens and grievous to be borne,, and lay them 
on men's shoulders; but they themselves will 
not touch them with one of their fingers. They 
shut the kingdom of heaven against men. They 
have taken away the key of knowledge; they 
enter not in themselves, and them that would en- 
ter they hinder. 

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are 
heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my 
yoke upon you, and learn of me ; for I am meek 
and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto 
your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my bur- 
den is light. 

MATTHEW IX, X. MARK VI. LUKE IX, X 

Now when Jesus saw the multitudes, he was 
moved with compassion for them, because they 
were distressed and scattered as sheep not having 
a shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples. 
The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labour- 
ers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the 
harvest, that he send forth labourers into his 
harvest. And he called unto him the twelve dis- 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 321 

ciples, and gaA^e them all authority. And as he 
sent them forth, he charged them, saying: 

As ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of 
heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, raise the 
dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely 
ye received, freely give. 

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst 
of wolves : be ye therefore wise as serpents, and 
harmless as doves. But beware of men : for they 
will deliver you up to councils, and in their 
synagogues will they scourge you; and ye shall 
be hated of all men for my sake. But when 
they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what 
ye shall speak ; for it shall be given you in that 
hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that 
speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speak- 
eth in you. 

Remember the word that I spake unto you, A 
disciple is not above his master, nor a servant 
above his lord. It is enough for the disciple 
that he be as his master, and the servant as his 
lord. If they have called the master of the 
house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call 
them of his household ! But fear not : for there 
is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; 
and hid, that shall not be known. What I tell 
you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and 
what ye hear in the inner chambers, that proclaim 
ye upon the housetops. He that receiveth you 
receiveth me ; and he that receiveth me receiveth 
not me, but him that sent me. 



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MATTHEW XII, XV. MARK VII. LUKE VI 
Then were there gathered together unto Jesus 
the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who 
had come from Jerusalem, and had seen that 
some of his disciples ate their bread with de- 
filed, that is, unbaptized, hands. They said 
therefore unto Jesus, Why walk not thy disciples 
according to the tradition of the elders, but eat 
their bread with defiled hands ? And Jesus called 
to him the multitude, and said unto them : 

Hear, and understand. Not that which en- 
tereth into the mouth defileth the man ; but that 
which proceedeth out of the man, this defileth 
the man. For from within, out of the heart of 
man, proceed evil thoughts : these are the things 
that defile the man. And I say unto you, that 
every idle word that men shall speak, they shall 
give account thereof. For by thy words thou 
shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt 
be condemned. The good man out of the good 
treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which 
is good; and the evil man out of the evil treas- 
ure bringeth forth that which is evil : for out of 
the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 

MATTHEW XII, XVI. MARK VIII. LUKE XI, 

XII 

Then came certain of the scribes and Pharisees 
unto Jesus, saying, Master, we would see a sign 
from thee. And they besought him to shew 
them a sign from heaven. But Jesus answered 
and said unto them : 

An evil and adulterous generation seeketh 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 323 

aftef a sign! and there shall no sign be given 
to it but the sign of Jonah the pro- 
phet. For even as Jonah became a sign 
unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man 
be to this generation. The queen of the south 
shall rise up in the judgment with the men of 
this generation, and shall condemn them: for 
she came from the ends of the earth to hear the 
wisdom of Solomon ; and behold, something more 
than Solomon is here. The men of Nineveh 
shall stand up in the judgment with this gen- 
eration, and shall condemn it: for they re- 
pented at the preaching of Jonah ; and behold, 
something more than Jonah is here. 

And Jesus sighed deeply in his spirit, and 
saith, Why doth this generation seek a sign.f^ 
When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straight- 
way ye say. There cometh a shower; and so it 
Cometh to pass. And when a south wind blow- 
eth, ye say. There will be a scorching heat ; and 
it cometh to pass. Ye know how to interpret 
the face of the earth and the heaven ; but how is 
it that ye know not how to interpret this time.? 
And why even of yourselves judge ye not what 
is right? No man, when he hath lighted a 
lamp, putteth it in a cellar, neither under the 
bushel, but on the stand, that they who enter 
in may see the light. The lamp of thy body is 
thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole 
body also is full of light ; but when it is evil, thy 
body also is full of darkness. Take heed there- 
fore that the light that is in thee be not dark- 
ness. If therefore thy whole body be full of 



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light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full 
of light, as when the lamp with its bright shin- 
ing doth give thee light. 

MATTHEW XVI, XXIII. MARK VIII, XII. LUKE 
XII, XX 

Then Jesus charged his disciples, saying. 
Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Phari- 
sees. And they reasoned among themselves, 
saying. It is because we brought no bread. And 
Jesus perceiving it, saith unto them. How is it 
that ye do not perceive that I spake not to you 
concerning bread? But beware of the leaven 
of the Pharisees. Then understood they how 
that he bade them beware, not of the leaven of 
bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees. 
Then began he to say unto his disciples plainly : 

Above all things beware of the leaven of the 
Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. All their works 
they do for to be seen of men : they make broad 
their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of 
their garments, and love the uppermost rooms at 
feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 
and salutations in the marketplaces, and to be 
called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. And they devour 
w^idows' houses, even while for a pretence they 
make long prayers ! But be not ye like unto 
them. For there is nothing covered up, that 
shall not be revealed; nor anything secret, that 
shall not be known. Wherefore whatsoever ye 
have said in the darkness shall be heard in the 
light ; and what ye have whispered in the ear in 
the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the 
housetops. 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 325 



MATTHEW XVI, XX. MARK VIII, X. LUKE IX, 
XVIII. JOHN XII 

And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he 
took the twelve disciples apart by themselves, 
and in the way he began to shew unto them, that 
he must go unto Jerusalem, and he delivered 
unto the elders and chief priests and scribes, and 
suffer many things of them, even unto death. 
And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, 
saying, Far be it from thee. Lord! this shall 
never be unto thee! But Jesus turned, and said 
unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan ! thou art 
a stumbling block unto me ; for thou mindest not 
the things of God, but the things of men. 

Then said Jesus unto his disciples. Verily, 
verily, I say unto you. Except a grain of wheat 
fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself 
alone ; but if it die, it beareth much fruit. Even 
so I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw 
all men unto me. He that loveth his life loseth 
it ; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall 
keep it unto life eternal. If any man serve me, 
let him follow me; and where I am, there shall 
also my servant be. Now is my soul troubled; 
and what shall I say — Father, save me from 
this hour? Nay! for this cause came I unto 
this hour. Father, glorify thy name. And 
when Jesus had spoken these words, he stedfastly 
set his face to go to Jerusalem. 

MATTHEW XVII. MARK IX. LUKE IX 
Then Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, 
and John, and bringeth them up into an high 



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mountain apart by themselves to pray: and he 
was transfigured before them. And as he 
prayed, the fashion of his countenance was 
altered, and his garments became dazzling and 
white ; so as no fuller on earth can whiten them. 
And, behold, there appeared unto him Moses 
and Elijah in glory: and they were talking with 
Jesus. And as these were parting from Jesus, 
Peter said unto him. Master, it is good for us 
to be here : let us make three tabernacles ; one for 
thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. 
For he knew not what to say. While he was 
yet speaking, there came a bright cloud and 
overshadowed them : and they feared as they en- 
tered into the cloud. And, behold, there came 
a voice out of the cloud, saying. This is my be- 
loved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And 
when the disciples heard it, they fell on their 
face, and were sore afraid. And Jesus came 
and touched them, and said. Arise, be not 
afraid. And lifting up their eyes, they saw no 
one save Jesus only. 

And it came to pass, when they were come 
down from the mountain, that a great multitude 
met Jesus. And, behold, there came to him a 
man, kneeling to him, and crying. Lord, I be- 
seech thee have mercy on my son, mine only 
child: for he is epileptic, and suffereth griev- 
ously; and he foameth, and grindeth his teeth, 
and pineth away. And Jesus said. Bring him 
hither to me. And they brought him unto 
Jesus: and straightway he fell on the ground, 
and wallowed foaming. And Jesus asked his 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 327 

father, How long time is it since this is come 
unto him? And he said, From a child. And 
oft-times he falleth into the fire, and oft-times 
into the water. And I brought him to thy dis- 
ciples, and they could not cure him : but thou, if 
thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, 
and help us ! And Jesus said unto him. If 
thou canst! But I say unto thee. All things are 
possible to him that believeth. And Jesus took 
the child by the hand, and raised him up ; and he 
arose, and was cured from that hour. And they 
were all astonished at the majesty of God. 

Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and 
said. Why could not we cure him ? And he saith 
unto them. Because of your little faith: for 
verily I say unto you. If ye have faith as a grain 
of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this moun- 
tain. Remove hence to yonder place ; and it shall 
remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto 
you. 

MATTHEW XVIII, XIX. MARK IX, X. LUKE 
I, IX, XVIII 

And they brought unto him little children, 
that he should lay his hands on them, and pray : 
and the disciples rebuked them that brought 
them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much dis- 
pleased, and said unto them, Suffer the little 
children to come unto me, and forbid them not; 
for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Verily 
I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the 
kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no 
wise enter therein. And he took them up in 
his arms, and blessed them. And he said : 



328 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

Whosoever shall receive one such little child 
in my name, receiveth me; and whosoever re- 
ceiveth me, receiveth not me, but him that sent 
me. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one 
of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in 
the name of a disciple, he shall In no wise lose 
his reward. But it were well for him if a mill- 
stone were hanged about his neck, and he were 
thrown into the sea, rather than that he should 
cause one of these little ones to stumble ! Take 
heed therefore that ye despise not one of these 
little ones; for I say unto you, In heaven their 
angels do always behold the face of my Father 
who is in heaven. 

For thus it is written : 

Thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the 

Most High: 
For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, 
To make ready his ways ; 
To give the knowledge of salvation unto his 

people : 
Because of the tender mercy of our God, 
Whereby the dayspring from on high shall 

visit us, 
To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the 

shadow of death; 
And to guide our feet into the way of peace. 

MATTHEW XVIII, XX. MARK IX, X. LUKE IX 

Then came there near unto Jesus, James and 
John, the sons of Zebedee, saying unto him. 
Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 329 

whatsoever we shall ask of thee. And he said 
unto them. What would ye that I should do for 
you? And they said unto him. Grant unto us 
that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and one 
on thy left hand, in thy kingdom. 

But Jesus said unto them, Ye kno-w not what 
ye ask ! Are ye able to drink the cup that I 
drink ? or to be baptized with the baptism that I 
am baptized with.^ And they said unto him. We 
are able. And Jesus said unto them, The 
cup that I drink ye shall drink; and with the 
baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be 
baptized : but to sit on my right hand or on my 
left hand is not mine to give, but it is for them 
for whom it hath been prepared of my Father. 
And when the rest of the disciples heard this 
saying, they began to be moved with indigna- 
tion concerning the two brethren. 

And they came Capernaum : and when he was 
in the house Jesus asked them, What was it that 
ye were reasoning among yourselves by the way ? 
But they answered him not a word : for they had 
been disputing one with another, who then should 
be greatest. 

And Jesus sat down, and called the twelve; 
and he saith unto them. Ye know that they who 
are accounted to rule over the Gentiles lord it 
over them; and their great ones exercise au- 
thority over them. But so shall it not be among 
you: but whosoever would become great among 
you, let him be your minister ; and whoever would 
be first among you, let him be servant of all. 
And he called to him a little child, and set him in 



330 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

the midst of them; and; taking him up in his 
arms, he said unto them. Verily I say unto you, 
Except ye turn, and become as Httle children, ye 
shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven. 
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this 
little child, the same is the greatest in the king- 
dom of heaven. 

MATTHEW XII. MARK III, IX. LUKE VIII, IX, 
XIII 

And It came to pass, as Jesus was going to 
Jerusalem, that he sent messengers before his 
face: and they went, and entered into a village 
of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. And 
the Samaritans would not receive him. And 
when his disciples saw this, they said. Lord, wilt 
thou that we bid fire to come down from heaven, 
and consume them? But he rebuked them, and 
said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are 
of! For the Son of man came not to destroy 
men's lives, but to save them. And they went 
on to another village. 

And as they were on the way, one of the 
disciples came to Jesus, saying. Master, we saw 
one casting out devils in thy name ; and we for- 
bade him, because he followeth not with us. 

But Jesus answered and said. Forbid him not ; 
for there is no man who shall do a mighty work 
in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of 
me. For he that is not against us, is for us. 
And whosoever he be that doeth the will of God, 
the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. 
And I say unto you, Many shall come from the 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 331 

east and west, and from the north and south, and 
shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 

MATTHEW VIII. LUKE IX, XIV. JOHN XII 

And as they were going on their way, a cer- 
tain man came to Jesus, and said unto him, I 
will follow thee whithersoever thou goest! And 
Jesus said unto him. The foxes have holes, and 
the birds of the heaven have nests ; but the Son 
of man hath not where to lay his head. And 
another also said, I will follow thee. Lord; but 
suffer me first to bid farewell to them that are at 
my house. But Jesus said unto him. No man, 
having put his hand to the plough, and looking 
back, is fit for the kingdom of God. 

Now there were following him great multi- 
tudes ; and he turned, and said unto them. Who- 
soever doth not bear his own cross, and come 
after me, cannot be my disciple. For which of 
you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit 
down and count the cost, whether he have where^ 
with to complete it.^ Lest haply, when he hath 
laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all 
that behold begin to mock him, saying. This 
man began to build, and was not able to finish! 
If therefore any man would serve me, let him 
follow me ; and where I am, there shall also my 
servant be: if any man serve me, him will the 
Father honour, 

LUKE X 

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up and 
tempted Jesus, saying. Master, what shall I do 



332 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

to inherit eternal life? And he said unto him, 
What is written in the law? how readest thou? 
And he answering said. Thou shalt love the Lord 
thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy 
soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy 
mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And 
Jesus said unto him. Thou hast answered right ; 
this do, and thou shalt live. But he, desiring 
to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is 
my neighbour? Jesus made answer and said: 
A certain man was going down from Jeru- 
salem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, 
who both stripped him and beat him, and de- 
parted, leaving him half dead. And by chance 
a certain priest was going down that way: and 
when he saw him, he passed by on the other 
side. And in like manner a Levite also, when 
he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on 
the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he 
journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw 
him, he was moved with compassion, and came 
to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on 
them oil and wine; and he set him on his own 
beast, and brought him to an inn, and took 
care of him. And on the morrow he took out 
two shillings, and gave them to the host, and 
said. Take care of him ; and whatsoever thou 
spendest more, I, when I come back again, will 
repay thee. Which of these three, thinkest thou, 
proved neighbour unto him that fell among the 
robbers? And he said, He that shewed mercy 
on him. And Jesus said unto him. Go, and do 
thou likewise. 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 333 

LUKE XII 

And it came to pass, as Jesus was teaching the 
people, that one of the company said unto him, 
Master, bid my brother divide the inheritance 
with me. But Jesus said unto him, Man, who 
made me a judge or a divider over you? And 
he said unto them, Take heed, and keep your- 
selves from all covetousness ; for a man's hfe 
consisteth not in the abundance of the things 
which he possesseth. And he spake this parable 
unto them, saying: 

The ground of a certain rich man brought 
forth plentifully: and he reasoned within him- 
self, saying. What shall I do, because I have not 
where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This 
will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build 
greater ; and there will I bestow all my grain and 
my goods. And will say to my soul. Soul, thou 
hast much goods laid up for many years ; take 
thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God 
said unto him. Thou foolish one, this night is 
thy soul required of thee; and the things which 
thou hast prepared, whose shall they be? So 
is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and 
is not rich toward God. 

Therefore I say unto you. Lay not up for 
yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth 
and rust doth consume, and where thieves break 
through and steal; but lay up for yourselves 
treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust 
doth consume, and where thieves do not break 
through nor steal. Be not covetous, but give 
alms ; make for yourselves purses which wax not 



334 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not. 
For where your treasure is, there will your heart 
be also. 

LUKE XIV 

And it came to pass, that Jesus went into the 
house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to 
eat bread. And as he sat at meat with those 
that were bidden, he marked how they chose 
out for themselves the chief seats. Jesus there- 
fore spake this parable unto them, saying : 

When thou art bidden of any man to a mar- 
riage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest 
haply a man more honourable than thou be bid- 
den of him, and he that bade thee and him shall 
come and say to thee. Give this man place; and 
then thou shalt begin with shame to take the 
lowest place. But when thou art bidden, go 
and sit down in the lowest place; till he that 
hath bidden thee shall come and say to thee, 
Friend, go up higher. For every one that ex- 
alteth himself shall be humbled; and he that 
humbleth himself shall be exalted. 

MATTHEW XXII. LUKE XIV 

The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a cer- 
tain king, who made a marriage feast for his 
son, and sent forth his servants to call them that 
were bidden to the marriage feast. But they 
all with one consent began to make excuse. The 
first said, I have bought a field, and I must needs 
go out and see it ; I pray thee have me excused. 
And another said, I have bought five yoke of 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 335 

oxen, and I go to prove them ; I pray thee have 
me excused. And another said, I have married 
a wife, and therefore I cannot come. And the 
servants came, and told their lord these things. 
Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell 
them that are bidden. Behold, I have made ready 
my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, 
all things are ready : come to the marriage feast. 
But they made light of it, and went their ways, 
one to his farm, another to his merchandise ; and 
the rest laid hold on his servants, and treated 
them shamefully, and killed them. Then saith 
the king to his servants. The wedding is ready, 
but they that were bidden were not worthy. Go 
ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, 
and as many as ye shall find, bid to the mar- 
riage feast. And those servants went out into 
the highways, and gathered together all as many 
as they found, both bad and good: and the wed- 
ding was filled with guests. 

MATTHEW IX. MARK II. LUKE V, XV 

Now a certain man made Jesus a great feast 
in his house: and many publicans and sinners 
came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. 
And the scribes and Pharisees, when they saw 
that Jesus was eating with the sinners and pub- 
licans, said unto his diciples. He eateth and 
drinketh with publicans and sinners ! And when 
Jesus heard it, he saith unto them. They that 
are whole have no need of a physician, but they 
that are sick; I came not to call the righteous,, 
but sinners to repentance. And he spake unto 
them this parable : 



336 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

What man of you, having an hundred sheep, 
and having lost one of them, doth not leave the 
ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after 
that which is lost, until he find it? And when 
he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, 
rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he 
calleth together his friends and his neighbours, 
saying unto them. Rejoice with me, for I have 
found my sheep which was lost. I say unto 
you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven 
over one sinner that repenteth, more than over 
ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no 
repentance. 

Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, 
if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and 
sweep the house, and seek diligently until she 
find it ? And when she hath found it, she calleth 
together her friends and neighbours saying, Re- 
joice with me, for I have found the piece which 
I had lost. Even so, I say unto you, there is 
joy in the presence of the angels of God over one 
sinner that repenteth. 

LUKE XV 

A certain man had two sons : and the younger 
of them said to his father. Father, give me the 
portion of thy substance that f alleth to me. And 
he divided unto him his living. And not many 
days after, the younger son gathered all together 
and took his journey into a far country; and 
there he wasted his substance with riotous liv- 
ing. And when he had spent all, there arose 
a mighty famine in that country ; and he began 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 337 

to be in want. And he went and joined him- 
self to one of the citizens of that country; and 
he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And 
he would fain have filled himself with the husks 
that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto 
him. 

But when he came to himself, he said, How 
many hired servants of my father's have bread 
enough and to spare, and I perish here with 
hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and 
will say unto him. Father, I have sinned against 
heaven, and in thy sight: I am no more worthy 
to be called thy son: make me one of thy hired 
servants. And he arose, and came to his father. 
But while he was yet afar off, his father saw 
him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, 
and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the 
son said unto him. Father, I have sinned against 
heaven, and in thy sight: I am no more worthy 
to be called thy son ; make me as one of thy 
hired servants. But the father said to his ser- 
vants, Bring forth quickly the best robe, and 
put it on him ; and put a ring on his hand, and 
shoes on his feet : and bring the fatted calf, and 
kill it, and let us eat, and make merry: for this 
my son was dead, and is alive again; he was 
lost, and is found. 

MATTHEW XVIII. LUKE XVII 

Then came Peter unto Jesus, and said, Lord, 
how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I 
forgive him ? until seven times ? Jesus saith un- 
to him, I say not unto thee. Until seven times; 



838 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

but, Until seventy times and seven. Yea, and 
if thy brother sin against thee seven times in 
the day, and seven times turn again to thee, 
saying, I repent ; thou shalt forgive him. And 
he spake this parable, saying: 

There was a certain king, who would make 
a reckoning with his servants. And when he 
had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him 
that owed him ten thousand talents. But for- 
asmuch as he had not wherewith to pay, his lord 
was moved with compassion, and forgave him the 
debt. But that same servant went out and found 
one of his fellow-servants, who owed him an hun- 
dred pence: and he laid hold on him, and took 
him by the throat, saying, Pay what thou owest ! 
And his fellow-servant fell down and besought 
him, saying. Have patience with me, and I will 
pay thee. And he would not ; but went and cast 
him into prison, till he should pay that which 
was due. Now when his lord knew what his 
servant had done, he called him unto him, and 
saith to him. Thou wicked servant! I forgave 
thee all thy debt, because thou hadst not where- 
with to pay: shouldest not thou also have had 
mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy 
on thee? 

Even so, I say unto you, whensoever ye stand 
praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any, 
even as your Father who is in heaven forgiveth 
you. Thou shalt therefore be perfect, even as 
your Father who is in heaven is perfect. 



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LUKE XVII 

And it came to pass, as Jesus was on the way 
to Jerusalem, that he was passing along the bor- 
ders of Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered 
into a certain village, there met him ten men 
that were lepers, who stood afar off: and they 
lifted up their voices, saying. Have mercy upon 
us! And when Jesus saw them, he said unto 
them. Go and shew yourselves unto the priests. 
And it came to pass, as they were going, that 
they were cleansed — every one. 

And one of them, when he saw that he was 
healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glori- 
fied God; and he fell down on his face at the 
feet of Jesus, and gave him thanks : and he was 
a Samaritan! And Jesus answering said. Were 
not the ten cleansed? but where are the nine.'^ 
For there were not found that returned to give 
glory to God, save this one, and he a stranger! 

MATTHEW VII. LUKE XI, XVIII 

And Jesus spake these parables unto them, to 
the end that men ought always to pray, and not 
to faint. And he said: 

There was in a city a judge, who feared not 
God, and regarded not man: and there was a 
widow in that city ; and she came oft unto him, 
saying, Do me justice of mine adversary. And 
he would not for a while; but afterward he said 
within himself, Though I fear not God, nor 
regard man; yet because this widow troubleth 
me, I will do her justice, lest she wear me out 
by her continual coming. And Jesus said, 



340 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

Hear what the unrighteous judge saith. And 
shall not the righteous judge, even God, regard 
his own, that cry to him day and night? 

And he said unto them. Which of you shall 
have a friend, and shall go unto him at mid- 
night, and say to him, Friend, lend me three 
loaves ; for a friend of mine is come to me from 
a journey, and I have nothing to set before 
him; and he from within, shall answer and say. 
Trouble me not: the door is shut, and my chil- 
dren are with me in bed ; I cannot rise and give 
thee? I say unto you. Though he will not rise 
and give him because he is his friend, yet be- 
cause of his importunity he will arise and give 
him whatsoever things he needeth. Even so I 
say unto you. Ask, and it shall be given you; 
seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be 
opened unto you. For every one that asketh, 
receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to 
him that knocketh, it shall be opened. 

MATTHEW XIX. MARK X. LUKE XVIII 
I Timothy vi 

As Jesus was going forth on his way, there 
ran one to him, and kneeled to him, and asked 
him, saying. Good Master, what good thing 
shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? And 
Jesus said unto him. Why callest thou me good? 
none is good save one, even God; but if thou 
wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments. 
He saith unto him. Which? And Jesus said. 
Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit 
adultery. Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not 



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bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy 
mother: and. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as 
thyself. And he said unto him. Master, all 
these things have I observed from my youth: 
what lack I yet? And Jesus looking upon him 
loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou 
lackest; if thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell 
that thou hast, and give tO' the poor, and thou 
shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow 
me. But when he heard this saying, his coun- 
tenance fell, and he went away sorrowful; for 
he was one that had great possessions. 

I beseech you therefore to have your turn 
of mind free from the love of money. For the 
love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: 
which some reaching after have been led astray 
from the faith, and have pierced themselves 
through with many sorrows. Wherefore let 
them that are rich in this present world be not 
highminded, nor have their hope set on the un- 
certainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us 
richly all things to enjoy. Let them do good, 
being rich in good works, that they may be 
ready to distribute, willing to sympathize ; lay- 
ing up in store for themselves a good treasure 
against the time to come, that they may lay 
hold on the life which is life indeed. 

LUKE XVIII 

And Jesus spake this parable unto certain 
who trusted in themselves that they were right- 
eous, and set all others at nought: 

Two men went up into the temple to pray ; the 



342 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The 
Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 
God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of 
men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even 
as this publican. I fast twice in the week; I 
give tithes of all that I get. But the publican, 
standing afar off, would not lift up so much as 
his eyes unto heaven, but smote his breast, say- 
ing, God, be thou merciful to me the sinner. I 
say unto you, This man went down to his house 
justified rather than the other: for every one 
that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he 
that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 

MATTHEW XX. MARK VIII, X. LUKE XVIII. 
JOHN VIII 

Then spake Jesus and said, I am the light of 
the world; he that foUoweth me shall not walk 
in the darkness, but shall have the light of life. 

And they bring a blind man unto him, and 
beseech Jesus to touch him. And he took the 
blind man by the hand, and led him out of the 
village; and when he had spit on his eyes, and 
put his hands upon him, he asked him, Seest 
thou aught? And he looked up, and said, I 
see men! for I behold them as trees, walking. 
Then again put he his hands upon his eyes; 
and he looked stedfastly, and was restored, and 
saw every man clearly. 

And it came to pass, as Jesus was come nigh 
unto Jericho, that a certain blind man, named 
Bartimseus, sat by the way side begging: and 
hearing a multitude going by, he inquired what 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 343 

it might mean. And they told him, saying, 
Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. And he cried, 
saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on 
me! And they that were passing rebuked him, 
that he should hold his peace: but he cried out 
the more. Thou son of David, have mercy on me ! 
Now when Jesus heard him, he stood still, and 
said. Call ye him. And they call the blind 
man, saying. Be of good cheer! rise, he calleth 
thee. And he, casting aside his garments, 
sprang up and came to Jesus. And when he 
was come near, Jesus asked him, saying. What 
wilt thou that I should do unto thee? And he 
said. Lord, that I may receive my sight. And 
Jesus being moved with compassion, touched his 
eyes : and straightway he received his sight. 
And he followed Jesus, glorifying God: and all 
the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto 
God, saying. He hath done all things well ! He 
maketh even the blind to see! 

LUKE XIX 

Now Jesus entered and was passing through 
Jericho. And behold, a man called by name 
Zaccheus; and he was a chief publican, and he 
was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who 
he was ; and could not for the crowd, because he 
was little of stature. And he ran on before, 
and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him ; 
for Jesus was to pass that way. And when 
Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and said 
unto him, Zaccheus, make haste, and come down ; 
for to day I will abide at thy house. And he 



SU MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

made haste, and came down, and received him 
joyfully. And when the people saw it, they all 
murmured, saying. He is gone in to lodge with 
a man that is a sinner! And Zaccheus stood, 
and said unto Jesus, Behold, Lord, henceforth 
the half of my goods will I give to the poor ; 
and if I have wrongfully exacted aught of any 
man, I will restore fourfold. And Jesus said 
unto him. Now is salvation come to this house, 
forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For 
the Son of man came to seek and to save that 
which was lost. 

MATTHEW XXI. MARK XI. LUKE XIX. 
JOHN XII 

On the morrow a great multitude that had 
come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus 
was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of the 
palm trees, and went forth to meet him. And 
having found a colt, they cast their garments 
on him, and set Jesus thereon. And as he went, 
they spread their garments in the way ; and 
others branches, which they had cut from the 
fields. And as he was now drawing nigh, even 
at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole 
multitude of the disciples, and they that fol- 
lowed, began to rejoice and praise God, crying 
with a loud voice: 

Hosanna to the Son of David ! 

Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the 

Lord! 
Hosanna in the highest! 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 345 

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, 
Behold how ye prevail nothing: lo, the whole 
world is gone after him! 

And when he was come into Jerusalem, all 
the city was stirred, saying. Who is this? And 
the multitudes said. This is the prophet, Jesus, 
from Nazareth of Galilee. 

MATTHEW XIII. MARK IV. LUKE XIX 

These parables spake Jesus unto the people, 
because they supposed that the kingdom of God 
was immediately to appear. And he said: 

So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should 
cast seed upon the earth; and should sleep and 
rise night and day, and the seed should spring 
up and grow, he knoweth not how. The earth 
beareth fruit of herself; first the blade, then 
the ear, then the full grain in the ear. But 
when the grain is ripe, straightway he putteth 
forth the sickle, because the harvest is come. 

And he said. How shall we liken the kingdom 
of God.^ or in what parable shall we set it forth .f^ 
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which indeed 
is less than all seeds; but when it is sown upon 
the earth, it groweth up, and becometh greater 
than all the herbs, and putteth out great 
branches ; so that the birds of the heaven can 
lodge under the shadow thereof. 

And with many such parables spake he the 
word unto them, as they were able to hear it ; and 
without a parable spake he not unto them: but 
privately to his own disciples he expounded all 
things. 



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MATTHEW XXIV. MARK XIII. LUKE XVII, 
XXI 

And being asked when the kingdom of God 
cometh, Jesus answered and said: 

Take heed that no man lead you astray. For 
many shall come in my name, saying, I am he; 
and, The time is at hand : go ye not after them. 
And if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is 
the Christ, or. Here ; believe him not. For there 
shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and 
shall shew great signs and wonders ; so as to 
lead astray, if possible, even the elect. But take 
ye heed : behold, I have told you beforehand. If 
therefore they shall say unto you. Behold, he is 
in the wilderness ; go not forth : Behold, he is 
in the inner chambers ; believe him not. For the 
kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 
neither shall it be said, Lo, here ! or. There ! for 
lo, the kingdom of God is within you. 

MATTHEW XXIV, XXV. MARK XIII. LUKE 
XII, XVII, XXI 

And being asked, when the kingdom of God 
cometh, Jesus answered and said: 

Take ye heed, watch and pray; for ye know 
not when the time is. For it is as when a man 
sojourning in another country, having left his 
house, and having given authority to his ser- 
vants, to each one his work, commanded also 
the porter to be on the watch. Watch there- 
fore : for ye know not when the lord of the house 
cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at 
cockcrowing, or in the morning; lest coming 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE Ml 

suddenly, he find you sleeping. Blessed are 
those servants, whom the lord when he cometh 
shall find watching. And if he shall come in 
the second watch, and if in the third, and so 
find them, blessed are those servants. But take 
heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be 
overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, 
and cares of this life, and that day come on you 
suddenly. Watch ye therefore at every season ; 
for ye know not the hour. 

And he spake this parable unto them, saying: 
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened 
unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went 
forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of 
them were foolish, and five were wise. For the 
fooKsh, when they took their lamps, took no 
oil with them : but the wise took oil in their ves- 
sels with their lamps. Now while the bride- 
groom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 
But at midnight there is a cry. Behold, the 
bridegroom ! Come ye forth to meet him. Then 
all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 
And the foolish said unto the wise. Give us of 
your oil ; for our lamps are going out. But the 
wise answered, Peradventure there will not be 
enough for us and you, and haply there be none 
to greet the bridegroom: go ye rather to them 
that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while 
they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; 
and they that were ready went in with him to 
the marriage feast: and the door was shut. 
Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor 
the hour. Let your lions be girded about, and 
your lamp burning, and be ye yourselves ready. 



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MATTHEW XXV. LUKE XVI, XIX 
Jesus spake this parable unto them, saying: 
The kingdom of heaven is as when a man, 
going into another country, called his own ser- 
vants, and delivered untO' them his goods, say- 
ing, Trade herewith till I come. And unto one 
he gave five talents, to another two, to another 
one; and he went on his journey. Now after 
a long time the lord of those servants cometh, 
and maketh a reckoning with them. And he 
that received the five talents came and brought 
other five talents, saying. Lord, thou deliveredst 
unto me five talents : lo, I have gained other five 
talents. His lord said unto him, Well done, 
good and faithful servant: thou hast been faith- 
ful over a few things, I will set thee over many 
things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 
And he also that received the two talents came 
and said. Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two 
talents: lo, I have gained other two talents. 
His lord said unto him. Well done, good and 
faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over 
a few things, I will set thee over many things ; 
enter thou into the joy of thy lord. And he 
also that had received the one talent came and 
said. Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard 
man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and 
gathering where thou didst not scatter ; and I 
was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent 
in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own. But his 
lord answered and said unto him. Thou wicked 
and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap 
where I sowed not, and gather where I did not 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 349 

scatter? thou oughtest therefore to have put 
my money to the bankers, and at my coming I 
should have received back mine own with in- 
terest. Take ye away therefore the talent from 
him, and give it unto him that hath the ten 
talents. 

Even so I say unto you, Unto every one that 
hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance ; 
but from him that hath not, even that which he 
hath shall be taken awav. For he that is faith- 
ful in a very little, is faithful also in much ; and 
he that is unrighteous in a very little, is un- 
righteous also in much. If therefore ye have 
not been faithful in the mammon of this world, 
who will commit to your trust the true riches .^^ 

MATTHEW XXVI. MARK XIV. JOHN XII 

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house 
of Simon the leper, they made him a supper. 
And as he sat at meat, there came unto him a 
woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding 
precious ointment ; and she brake the cruse, and 
poured the ointment upon his head: and the 
house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 
But when the disciples saw it, they had indigna- 
tion, saying, To what purpose is tliis waste? 
For this ointment might have been sold for above 
three hundred pence, and given to the poor. 
And they murmured against her. 

But Jesus perceiving it said unto them. Why 
trouble ye the woman .'^ for she hath wrought a 
good work upon me. For ye have the poor al- 
ways with you, and whensoever ye will ye can do 



350 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

them good : but me ye have not always. She hath 
done what she could : she hath anointed my body 
aforehand for the burying. And verily I say 
unto you, Wheresoever the gospel shall be 
preached throughout the whole world, that also 
which this woman hath done shall be spoken of 
for a memorial of her. 

MATTHEW XXII. MARK XII. LUKE XX 
Romans xiii. I Thessalonians ii 

And the scribes and the chief priests watched 
Jesus, and sent forth spies, who feigned them- 
selves to be righteous, that they might take hold 
of his speech, so as to deliver him up to the 
rule and to the authority of the governor. And 
they asked Jesus, saying. Master, we know that 
thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest 
not the person of any, but of a truth teachest 
the way of God: Is it lawful for us to give 
tribute unto Caesar, or not.^ But he perceived 
their craftiness, and said unto them. Shew me a 
penny. Whose image and superscription hath 
it.^ And they said, Csesar's. And he said unto 
them. Then render unto Caesar the things that 
are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are 
God's. 

Wherefore let every soul be in subjection to 
the higher powers : for there is no power but of 
God; and the powers that be are ordained of 
God. Therefore he that resisteth the power, 
withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they 
that withstand shall receive to themselves judg- 
ment. For rulers are not a terror to the good 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 351 

work, but to the evil. And wouldest thou have 
no fear of the power? do that which is good, 
and thou shalt have praise from the same: for 
he is a minister of God to thee for good. But 
if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he 
beareth not the sword in vain : for he is a minis- 
ter of God, to administer punishment to him that 
doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be in sub- 
jection, not only for this, but also for con- 
science' sake. For this cause ye pay tribute al- 
so; for they are ministers of God's service, at- 
tending continually upon this very thing. 

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to 
whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; 
fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. 
Take thought for things honourable in the sight 
of all men. If it be possible, as much as in 
you lieth, be at peace with all men ; in all things 
walking worthily of God, who called you into 
his own kingdom and glory. 

MATTHEW XXII. MARK XII 

Now the Pharisees, when they heard that 
Jesus had put the Sadducees to silence, gath- 
ered themselves together. And a certain scribe 
also came, and heard them questioning together, 
and knowing that he had answered them well, 
asked him, What commandment is the first of 
all? 

Jesus answered. The first is. Hear, O Israel, 
The Lord our God is one Lord : and thou shalt 
love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and 
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and 



352 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

with all thy strength. The second is this. Thou 
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is 
none other commandment greater than these. 
And the scribe said unto him. Well, Master, 
thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; 
and there is none other but he: and to love him 
with all the heart, and with all the understand- 
ing, and with all the strength, and to love his 
neighbour as himself, is much more than all 
whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices. And when 
Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said 
unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom 
of God ! And no man after that durst ask him 
any question. 

MATTHEW XXV 

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, 
and all the angels with him, then shall he sit 
on the throne of his glory : and before him shall 
be gathered all the nations : and he shall separate 
them one from another, as the shepherd separ- 
ateth the sheep from the goats ; and he shall set 
the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the 
left. 

Then shall the king say unto them on his 
right hand. Come, ye blessed of my Father, 
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the 
foundation of the world: for I was an hungred, 
and ye gave me meat ; I was athirst, and ye gave 
me drink ; I was a stranger, and ye took me in ; 
naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye 
visited me ; I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 353 

Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed 
thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink? And 
when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? 
or naked, and clothed thee? And when saw we 
thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And 
the king shall answer and say unto them. Verily 
I say unto you, In so far as ye did it unto one 
of these my brethren, even these least, ye did 
it unto me. Then shall he say unto them on 
the left hand. Depart from me, ye workers of 
iniquity : for I was an hungred, and ye gave me 
no meat; I was athirst, and ye gave me no 
drink ; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in ; 
naked, and ye clothed me not ; sick, and in prison, 
and ye visited me not. Then shall they also 
answer, saying. Lord, when saw we thee an hun- 
gred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or 
sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 
Then shall he answer them, saying. Verily I 
say unto you. In so far as ye did it not unto 
one of these least, ye did it not unto me. 

MATTHEW XXVI, XXVII. MARK XIV. LUKE 
XXII. JOHN XVIII 

Then were gathered together the chief priests 
and the elders of the people unto the court of 
the high priest ; and they took counsel together 
that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and 
kill him. And one of the twelve, who was called 
Judas Iscariot, went unto them, and said, What 
are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver 
him unto you? And they were glad, and 
covenanted to give him money. And he con- 



354 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

sented : and they weighed unto him thirty pieces 
of silver. And from that time he sought op- 
portunity to dehver Jesus unto them. 

Now Jesus, when he had supped with his 
disciples, went forth over the brook Kidron, 
where was a garden, into the which he entered, 
himself and his disciples. And Judas knew the 
place; for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with 
his disciples. Judas therefore cometh thither, 
and with him a multitude with swords and staves 
from the chief priests and elders of the people. 
And Judas gave them a sign, saying, Whom- 
soever I shall kiss, that is he; take him, and 
lead him away safely. And straightway he came 
to Jesus, and said. Hail, Rabbi; and kissed him. 
But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou 
the Son of man with a kiss? Then they came 
and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. And 
when morning was come, all the chief priests and 
elders of the people took counsel against Jesus 
to put him to death : and they bound him, and 
led him away, and delivered him up to Pilate 
the governor. 

And Judas, when he saw that Jesus was con- 
demned, repented himself, and brought back the 
thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and 
elders, saying, I have sinned in that I have be- 
trayed innocent blood. But they said, What is 
that to us? see thou to it. 

MATTHEW XXVI. MARK XIV. LUKE XXII. 
JOHN XIII, XVIII 

Now on the first day of unleavened bread, 
Jesus was sitting at meat with the twelve dis- 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 355 

ciples. And he began to be troubled in spirit, 
and said unto them, Little children, yet a little 
while am I with you. Ye shall seek me; and 
as I said unto the Jews, so say I now unto you, 
Whither I go ye cannot come. Simon Peter 
saith unto him. Lord, whither goest thou ? Jesus 
answered. Whither I go, thou canst not follow 
me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. 
Peter saith unto him. Lord, why cannot I follow 
thee even now? I will lay down my life for thee. 
Jesus saith unto him. Wilt thou lay down thy 
life for me? Simon Peter saith unto him. Lord, 
I am ready with thee to go both to prison and 
to death! and in like manner also said they all. 
Then saith Jesus unto them. This night shall 
all ye be offended in me ; as it is written : 

I will smite the shepherd. 

And the she^p of the flock shall be scattered 
abroad. 

But Peter answered and said unto him, If all 
shall be off*ended in thee, yet will not I! Jesus 
saith unto him. Verily I say unto thee, This day, 
even this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt 
deny me thrice. But Peter spake exceeding 
vehemently. Even if I must die with thee, yet 
will not I deny thee! 

Now Jesus, when he had supped with his 
disciples, went forth over the brook Kidron, 
where was a garden, into the which Jesus entered, 
himself and his disciples. And there came a 
great multitude with swords and staves, from 
the chief priests and elders of the people; and 



356 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

they laid hands on Jesus, and took him. Then 
all the disciples forsook him ; and fled. And the 
officers led Jesus away, and brought him into 
the high priest's house. 

But Peter followed him afar off, and came 
into the court of the high priest. And when 
the officers had kindled a fire in the midst of the 
court, and had sat down together, Peter sat 
in the midst of them. And a certain maid seeing 
him as he sat in the light of the fire, and looking 
stedfastly upon him, said. Thou also wast with 
Jesus the Galilean. But Peter denied before 
them all, saying. Woman, I know him not. 

Then the high priest stood up in the midst, 
and asked Jesus concerning his disciples and 
his teaching. Jesus answered. Why askest thou 
me? ask them that have heard me, what I spake 
unto them ; behold, these know the things which 
I said. Now Peter was standing and warming 
himself. They said therefore unto him. Art 
thou one of his disciples.^ He denied with an 
oath, and said, I am not ! And one of the serv- 
ants of the high priest said to Peter, Did not I 
see thee in the garden with him? Of a truth 
thou art one of them; for thy speech betrayeth 
thee. But he began to curse and to swear, I 
know not this man of whom ye speak ! And im- 
mediately, while he was yet speaking, the cock 
crew. And the Lord turned, and looked upon 
Peter. 



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MATTHEW XXVI. MARK XIV. LUKE XXII. 
JOHN XIII 

Now the disciples made ready the passover In 
a large upper room. And when the hour was 
come, Jesus sat down with the disciples. And 
he said unto them, I have greatly desired to eat 
this passover with you; for I say unto you, I 
will not any more eat thereof, until It be fulfilled 
In the kingdom of God. And as they were eat- 
ing, he began to be troubled In spirit, and he 
said. Verily, verily, I say unto you. One of you 
shall betray me. And they were exceeding sor- 
rowful. And the disciples looked one on an- 
other, doubting who should do such a thing. 
And they began to say unto him, one by one, 
Is It I? And he said unto them. It Is one of 
the twelve, even he that dippeth with me In the 
dish. The Son of man goeth, even as It Is 
written of him ; but woe unto him through whom 
the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for 
that man If he had not been born. And Judas 
also said, Is It I, Rabbi .^ 

Now there was at the table reclining in Jesus' 
bosom, the disciple whom Jesus loved. Unto 
him therefore Simon Peter beckoneth, and salth, 
Tell us who it Is of whom he speaketh. And 
the beloved disciple leaning back, as he was, on 
Jesus' breast saith unto him. Lord, who Is It? 
Jesus answereth, It is he, for whom I shall dip 
the sop, and give it him. And when he had 
dipped the sop, he taketh and giveth it to Judas, 
the son of Simon Iscarlo":, and saith. That thou 
doest, do quickly. Now no man at the taWe 



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knew for what intent he spake this unto him. 
For some thought that, because Judas had the 
bag, Jesus said unto' him. Buy what things we 
have need of . for the feast; or, that he. should 
give something for the poor. But Judas, as 
soon as he received the sop, went out straight- 
way; and it was night. 

When therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, 
Little children, yet a little while am I with you. 
Ye shall seek me; and as I said unto the Jews, 
Whither I go, ye cannot come, so say I now 
unto you. A new commandment I give unto 
you, that ye love one another; even as I have 
loved you, that ye also love one another. Here- 
by shall all men know that ye are my disciples, 
that ye have love one to another. 

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, 
and when he had given tlianks, he brake it; 
and he gave it to the disciples, and said. Take ye; 
this is my body which is given for you ; this do 
in remembrance of me. And after supper he 
took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave to 
them, saying. This cup is the new covenant in 
my blood, even that which is poured out for 
you. Verily I say unto you, I will no more 
drink of the fruit of the vine, until that day 
when I drink it new with you in the kingdom of 
God. 

MATTHEW XXVI. MARK XIV. LUKE XXII. 
JOHN XVIII 

Then cometh Jesus unto a place called Geth- 
semane, and saith unto his disciples, Tarry ye 



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here while I go yonder and pray. Pray ye also 
that ye enter not into temptation. 

And he took with him Peter and the two sons 
of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful, and sore 
troubled. Then saith he unto them. My soul 
is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide 
ye here, and watch with me. And he went for- 
ward about a stone's throw, and fell on his face, 
and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be pos- 
sible, let this cup pass away from me: neverthe- 
less, not as I will, but as thou wilt. And he 
Cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them 
sleeping. And he saith unto Peter, What! 
could ye not watch with me one hour? Watch 
and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: 
the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 
Again a second time he went away, and prayed, 
saying, O my Father, if this cup cannot pass 
away except I drink it, thy will be done. And 
he came again and found them sleeping. And 
he left them again, and went away, and prayed 
a third time, saying again the same words. And 
being in agony, he prayed the more earnestly; 
and his sweat became as it were great drops of 
blood falling down upon the earth. Then 
Cometh he to the disciples, and saith unto them. 
Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the 
hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed 
into the hands of sinners. 

And while he yet spake, there came a great 
multitude from the chief priests and elders of the 
people, with lanterns and torches and weapons. 
And when they that were about Jesus saw what 



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would follow, they said. Lord, shall we smite 
with the sword? And Simoni Peter, having a 
sword, drew it. But Jesus said unto him. Put 
up thy sword into thy sheath : the cup which the 
Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? 

MATTHEW XXVII. MARK XV. LUKE XXIII. 
JOHN XVIII 

And straightway in the morning the chief 
priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole 
council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, 
and carried him away, and delivered him up to 
Pilate. And they themselves entered not into 
the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, 
but might eat the passover. Pilate therefore 
went out unto them, and saith. What accusation 
bring ye against this man? And they began 
to accuse him saying. We found this man per- 
verting this nation, saying that he himself is an 
anointed king. 

Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetor- 
ium, and called Jesus, and said unto him. Art 
thou the King of the Jews? Jesus answered, 
My kingdom is not of this world : if my kingdom 
were of this world, then would my servants fight, 
that I should not be delivered up: but now is 
my kingdom not from hence. Pilate therefore 
said unto him. Art thou a king then? Jesus 
answered. Thou sayest that I am a king. To 
this end was I born, and for this cause am I come 
into the world, that I should bear witness unto 
the truth. Every one that is of the truth hear- 
eth my voice. Pilate saith unto- him. What is 



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truth? And when he had said this, Pilate went 
out again unto the chief priests and the multi- 
tudes, and saith unto them, I iBnd no fault in this 
man. 

MATTHEW XXVII. MARK XV. LUKE XXIII. 
JOHN XVIII, XIX 

Now when Herod had questioned Jesus in 
many things, and he answered nothing, he ar- 
rayed Jesus in gorgeous apparel, and sent him 
back to Pilate. And Pilate called together the 
chief priests and the rulers and the people, and 
said unto them. Ye brought unto me this man, as 
one that perverteth the people: and behold, T, 
having examined him before you, found no fault 
in this man touching those things whereof ye ac- 
cuse him: no, nor yet Herod: for he hath sent 
him back unto us ; and behold, nothing worthy 
of death hath been done by him. I will there- 
fore chastise him, and release him. 

This Pilate said, because he was wont at the 
passover to release unto the people one prisoner, 
whomsoever they asked. He therefore hoped 
to release Jesus ; for he preceived that for envy 
the chief priests had delivered him up. But 
the chief priests and the elders had stirred up 
the people, and persuaded the multitudes that 
they should ask for one called Barabbas, a 
notable prisoner lying bound with them that 
had made insurrection. The multitude there- 
fore went up and began to ask him to do as he 
was wont to do unto them. 

And Pilate answered them, saying. Will ye 



362 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

that I release unto you him whom ye call the 
King of the Jews? They cried out therefore, 
saying, Not this man, but Barabbas! And 
Pilate spake again unto them, desiring to re- 
lease Jesus, and said. What then shall I do unto 
Jesus who is called the Christ? But they 
shouted, saying, Crucify, crucify him! And he 
said unto them the third time, Why, what evil 
hath this man done? I have found in him no 
cause of death ; I will therefore chastise him and 
release him. But they were instant with loud 
voices and cried out exceedingly, saying. Let 
him be crucified! 

So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, 
but rather that a tumult was arising, he took 
water, and washed his hands before the mul- 
titude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of 
this righteous man: see ye to- It. And all the 
people answered and said. His blood be on us, 
and on our children! Pilate therefore gave 
sentence that what they asked for should be 
done. Then released he unto them Barabbas: 
but Jesus he delivered up tO' their will. 

MATTHEW XXVII. MARK XV. LUKE XXIII. 
JOHN XIX 

Then the soldiers took Jesus into the 
Praetorium, and gathered unto him the whole 
band. And they stripped him, and put on him 
a scarlet robe. And they plaited a crown of 
thorns and put It upon his head, and a reed in 
his right hand; and they kneeled down before 
him, and mocked him, saying. Hail, King of 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 363 

the Jews ! And they spat upon him, and took 
the reed and smote him upon the head. And 
they bhndfolded him, and asked him, saying. 
Prophesy, prophesy unto us, thou Christ, who 
is he that struck thee? And many other things 
spake they against him, revihng him. 

And Pilate went out again, and saith unto 
them. Behold, I bring him out to you, that ye 
may know that I find no crime in him. Then 
came Jesus out, wearing the crown of thorns and 
the purple garment. And Pilate saith unto 
them. Behold the man ! When therefore the 
chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried 
out, saying. Crucify him ! Crucify him ! Pi- 
late saith unto them. Take him yourselves and 
crucify him ; for I find no crime in him. The 
Jews answered him, We have a law, and by that 
law he ought to die, because he made himself 
Son of God. 

When Pilate heard this saying, he was the 
more afraid; and he entered therefore into the 
Prsetorium again, and saith unto Jesus, Whence 
art thou.^ But Jesus gave him no answer. Then 
saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto 
me? knowest thou not that I have power to re- 
lease thee, and have power to crucify thee.'^ 
Jesus answered him. Thou wouldest have no 
power against me, except it were given thee 
from above: therefore he that delivered me unto 
thee hath greater sin. Hereupon Pilate sought 
to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying. 
If thou release this man, thou art not Caesar's 
friend; every one that maketh himself a king, 
setteth himself against Caesar. 



364 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

When Pilate therefore heard these words, he 
brought Jesus out. And saith unto the Jews, 
Behold your King! They therefore cried out, 
Away with him, away with him, crucify him! 
Pilate saith unto them. Shall I crucify your 
King? The chief priests answered. We have no 
king but Caesar. 

Pila:te therefore delivered him unto them to 
be crucified. And he wrote a title also for the 
cross: and it was written in Hebrew, and in 
Latin, and in Greek. And the writing was 

Jesus of Nazareth 
The King of the Jews. 

Then said the chief priests of the Jews unto 
Pilate, Write not. The King of the Jews; but. 
He that said I am King of the Jews. Pilate 
answered. What I have written, I have written. 

MATTHEW XXVII. MARK XV. LUKE XXllI. 
JOHN XIX 

Then went Jesus out, bearing the cross for 
himself. And there followed him a great mul- 
titude of the people, and of women who be- 
wailed and lamented him. And there were also 
two others, robbers, led forth to be put to death. 
And when they were come unto the place called 
Golgotha, that is to' say. The place of a skull, 
there they crucified him, and the robbers, one 
on the right hand and the other on the left. 
And Jesus said, Father forgive them ; for they 
know not what they do. 

And the soldiers parted his garments among 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 365 

them, casting lots. And they sat and watched 
him there. And they that passed by railed on 
him, wagging their heads, and saying. If thou 
art the Son of God, come down from the cross ! 
In like manner also the chief priests with the 
scribes and elders mocked him, saying. He saved 
others ; himself he cannot save ! Let the Christ, 
the King of Israel, now come down from the 
cross, and we will believe on him! 

And when it was now about the ninth hour, 
Jesus said. It is finished. Father, into thy hands 
I commend my spirit. And when he had thus 
spoken, he bowed his head, and gave up his 
spirit. 

MATTHEW XXVII, XXVIII. MARK XV, XVI. 
LUKE XXIII, XXIV. JOHN XIX, XX 

And when even was now come, because it was 
the Preparation, that is, the day before the 
sabbath, there came Joseph of Arimathsea, a 
councillor of honourable estate, who also him- 
self was looking for the kingdom of God, and 
had not consented to their counsel and deed; 
and he boldly went in unto Pilate, and asked 
for the body of Jesus. And Pilate, when he had 
inquired of the centurion, commanded it to be 
given up. And there came also Nicodemus, he 
who at first came to Jesus by night. Then 
took they down from the cross the body of 
Jesus, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth. 
Now in the place where he was crucified there 
was a garden; and in the garden Joseph's new 
sepulchre hewn out of the rock, wherein was 



366 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

never man yet laid. There then because of the 
Jews' Preparation (for the sepulchre was nigh 
at hand) they laid Jesus, and rolled a great 
stone to the door of the sepulchre. And the 
women that had come out of Galilee followed 
after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his 
body was laid. And they returned, and pre- 
pared spices and ointments. 

And when the sabbath was past, Mary 
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, 
and Salome, came unto the sepulchre, bringing 
the spices which they had prepared. And they 
were saying among themselves. Who shall roll 
us away the stone from the door of the sepul- 
chre? for it was exceeding great: and looking 
up, they saw that the stone was rolled back. And 
entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young 
man sitting on the right side, arrayed in a 
white robe; and they were amazed. And he 
saith unto them. Be not amazed: ye seek Jesus, 
the Nazarene, who hath been crucified: he is 
risen ; he is not here : behold the place where 
they laid him ! Why seek ye the living among 
the dead? And they departed quickly from the 
sepulchre with fear and great joy, and ran to 
bring this word to the disciples. 

But Mary was standing without at the sep- 
ulchre weeping: so, as she wept, she stooped 
and looked into the sepulchre; and she behold- 
eth a young man in white. And he saith unto 
her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith. 
Because they have taken away my Lord, and I 
know not where they have laid him. When she 



MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 367 

had thus said, she turned herself back, and be- 
holdeth Jesus standing, and knew not that it 
was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her. Woman, why 
weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, suppos- 
ing him to be the gardener, saith unto him. Sir, 
if thou hast borne him hence, tell me where 
thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. 
Jesus saith unto her, Mary! She turneth her- 
self, and saith unto him in Hebrew, Rabboni ! 
which is to say. Teacher. Jesus saith unto her. 
Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto 
the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say 
to them, I ascend unto my Father and your 
Father, and unto my God and your God. 

LUKE XXIV 

And after these things it came to pass, that 
two of the disciples were going to a village 
named Emmaus, which was threescore furlongs 
from Jerusalem. And it came to pass, while 
they communed and questioned together, that 
Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. 
But their eyes were holden that they should not 
know him. 

And he said unto them. What communications 
are these that ye have one with another, as ye 
walk? And they stood still, looking sad. And 
one of them, named Cleopas, answering said 
unto him. Dost thou alone sojourn in Jerusalem 
and not know the things which are come to pass 
there in these days? And he said unto them, 
What things? And they said unto him. The 
things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was 



368 MATTHEW — MARK — LUKE 

a prophet mighty in deed and word before God 
and all the people: and how the chief priests 
and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned 
to death, and crucified him. But we hoped that 
it was he that should redeem Israel. And he 
said unto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart 
to believe after all that the prophets have 
spoken ! Behoved it not the Christ to suffer these 
things, and to enter into his glory? And begin- 
ning from Moses and from all the prophets, he 
interpreted to. them in all the scriptures the 
things concerning himself. 

And they drew nigh unto the village, 
whither they were going : and he made as though 
he would go further. And they constrained 
him, saying. Abide with us; for it is toward 
evening, and the day is now far spent. And 
he went in to abide with them. And it came to 
pass, when he had sat down with them to meat, 
that he took the bread, and blessed it, and brake, 
and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, 
and they knew him ; and he vanished out of 
their sight. 

And they said one to another. Was not our 
heart burning within us, while he spake to us 
in the way, and opened to us the scriptures? 
And they rose up that very hour, and returned 
to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered 
together, and them that were with them. And 
they rehearsed the things that happened in the 
way, and how he was known of them in the 
breaking of the bread. 



THE GOSPEL 
ACCORDING TO JOHN 

JOHN I 
I John 

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word 
was with God, and the Word was God. The 
same was in the beginning with God. All 
things were made through him; and without 
him was not any thing made that hath been 
made. In him was Life; and the Life was the 
Light of men. And the Light shineth in the 
darkness, and the darkness overcame it not. 

There came a man, sent from God, whose name 
was John. The same came for witness, that 
he might bear witness of the Light, that all 
men through him might believe. He was not 
the Light, but came that he might bear witness 
of the Light. The true Light was that which 
lighteth every man coming into the world. He 
was in the world, and the world was made 
through him, and the world knew him not. He 
came unto his own, and they that were his own 
received him not. But as many as did receive 
him, to them gave he the right to become sons 
of God, even to them that believe on his name: 
who were bom, not of blood, nor of the will of 
the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. 

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among 
us, full of grace and truth ; and we beheld his 
glory, glory as of an only begotten from a 
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370 JOHN 

father. And out of his fulness have we all re- 
ceived, and grace upon grace. For the law was 
given through Moses ; grace and truth came 
through Jesus Christ. 

That which was from the beginning, that 
which we have heard, that which we have seen 
with our eyes, that which we looked upon, and 
our hands handled, concerning the Word of 
Life (and the Life was manifested and we have 
seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the 
Life, even the Life which was with the Father, 
and was manifested unto us) ; that which we 
have seen and heard declare we unto you also, 
that ye also may have fellowship with us : and 
these things we write, that your joy may be 

made full. 

JOHN III 

After these things John was baptizing in 
Aenon near to Salim, because there was much 
water there. Then came Jesus also and his 
disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he 
tarried with his disciples, and baptized (al- 
though Jesus himself baptized not, but his dis- 
ciples ) . When therefore it was known that Jesus 
was making and baptizing more disciples than 
John, there arose a questioning on the part of 
John's disciples. And they came unto John, and 
said to him. Rabbi, he to whom thou hast borne 
witness, behold, the same is baptizing, and there 
come unto him all men ! 

John answered and said, A man can receive 
nothing, except it have been given him from 
heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I 



JOHN 371 

said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent be- 
fore him. He that hath the bride is the bride- 
groom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that 
standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly be- 
cause of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy 
therefore is now made full. He must increase, 
but I must decrease. For he that cometh from 
above is above all: he that is of the earth is 
earthly, and speaketh earthly things: he that 
cometh from heaven is above all. For he whom 
God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for 
he giveth not the Spirit by measure. What he 
hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness : 
and whoso receiveth his witness, hath set his seal 
to this, that God is true. 

JOHN III 

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named 
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: the same came 
unto Jesus by night, and said to him, Rabbi, 
we know that thou art a teacher come from God ; 
for no one can do the things that thou doest, ex- 
cept God be with him. Jesus answered and said 
unto him. Verily, verily, I say unto thee. Except 
a man be bom from above, he cannot see the 
kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, 
How can a man be bom when he is old? Jesus 
answered. Verily, verily, I say unto thee. Except 
one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot 
enter the kingdom of God. That which is born 
of the flesh is flesh; and that which is 
born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I 
said unto thee. Ye must be born from above. 



372 JOHN 

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hear- 
set the sound thereof, but knowest not whence it 
Cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one 
that is born of the Spirit. 

JOHN IV 

Then cometh Jesus to a city of Samaria, called 
Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that 
Jacob gave to his son Joseph. And Jacob's well 
was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with 
the journey, sat down by the well. And as 
Jesus sat thus by the well, there cometh a woman 
of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith unto 
her. Give me to drink from this well, and I also 
will give thee living water. The woman saith 
unto him. Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, 
and the well is deep. Whence then hast thou 
that living water .^ Art thou greater than our 
father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank 
thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle? 

Jesus answered and said unto her. Every one 
that drinketh of this water shall thirst again; 
but whosoever drinketh of the water that I will 
give him shall never thirst ; but the water that I 
will give him shall become in him a well of water 
springing up unto eternal life. The woman 
saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a 
prophet ! Our fathers worshipped in this moun- 
tain ; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place 
where men ought to worship. 

Jesus saith unto her. Woman, believe me, the 
hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor 
in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father. But 



JOHN 373 

the hour cometh, and now is, when the true wor- 
shippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in 
truth ; for such doth the Father seek to be his 
worshippers. God is Spirit : and they that wor- 
ship him must worship in spirit and in truth. 

JOHN V, X 

Verily, verily, I say unto you. The Son can 
do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the 
Father doing : for what things soever he doeth, 
these the Son also doeth in like manner ; for the 
Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all 
things that himself doeth. 

I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I 
judge: and my judgment is righteous; because 
I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that 
sent me. If I bear witness of myself, my witness 
is not true. It is Another that beareth witness 
of me; and I know that the witness which he 
witnesseth of me is true. Ye have sent unto 
John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth. 
He was the lamp that bumeth and shineth ; and 
ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his 
light. But the witness which I have is greater 
than that of John; for the works which the 
Father hath given me to accomplish, the very 
works that I do, bear witness of me, that the 
Father hath sent me. If I do not the works 
of my Father, believe me not. But if I do them, 
though ye believe not me, believe the works : that 
ye may know and understand that the Father is 
in me, and I in the Father. 



374 JOHN 

JOHN V, X, XI 

Ephesians v 

I am the resurection and the hfe: he that 
beheveth on me, though he were dead, yet shall 
he live ; and whosoever liveth and believeth on me 
shall never die. For as the Father raiseth the 
dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also 
giveth life to whom he will. Verily, verily, I 
say unto you, He that heareth my word, and be- 
lieveth on him that sent me, hath eternal life, and 
Cometh not unto judgment, but hath passed out 
of death into life. For I am come that men may 
have life, and that they may have it abundantly. 
Verily, verily, I say unto you. The hour cometh, 
and now is, when they that are dead shall hear 
the voice of the Son of God; and they that 
hearken shall live. For as the Father hath life 
in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to 
have life in himself. Marvel not at this : for the 
hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs 
shall hear his voice, and shall come forth. 
Wherefore also it is written : 

Awake, thou that sleepest. 
And arise from the dead. 
And Christ shall give thee light. 

JOHN V 

After these things there was the feast of the 
Jews: and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now 
there is in Jerusalem by the sheep-gate a pool, 
which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, that is to 
say, The house of mercy. And the pool has 



JOHN 375 

five porches, wherein lay a multitude of them 
that were sick, blind, halt, withered, waiting for 
the moving of the water: for at certain seasons 
the water was troubled, and whosoever first 
after the troubling of the water stepped in was 
made whole of whatsoever disease he had. 

Now a certain man was there, who had an 
infirmity thirty and eight years. And when 
Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been 
now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, 
Wouldest thou be made whole.? The sick man 
answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the 
water is troubled, to put me into the pool; but 
while I am coming, another steppeth down be- 
fore me. Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up 
thy bed, and walk. And straightway the man 
was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. 

Now it was the sabbath on that day. The 
Jews therefore said unto him that was cured. 
It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to 
carry thy bed. But he answered them. He that 
made me whole, the same said unto me. Take up 
they bed, and walk. They asked him, Who is 
the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed, 
and walk.'^ But he that was healed wist not who 
it was. 

Afterward, seeing Jesus in the temple, he 
went and told the Jews that it was Jesus who 
had made him whole. And for this cause they 
persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on 
the sabbath. But Jesus answered them. My 
Father worketh even until now, and I work. 



376 JOHN 

JOHN VI 

Then said Jesus unto^ the multitude, Labour 
not for the meat which perisheth, but for the 
meat which abideth unto eternal life, which the 
Son of man shall give you. They said there- 
fore unto him. What must we do, that we may 
work the works of God? Jesus answered and 
said unto them. This is the work of God, that 
ye believe on him whom he hath sent. They 
said therefore unto him. What then doest thou 
for a sign, that we may see, and believe thee.'* 
what workest thou.'^ Our fathers ate the manna 
in the wilderness ; as it is written. He gave them 
bread from heaven to eat. Jesus therefore said 
unto them. Verily, verily, I say unto you. It 
was not Moses that gave you the bread from 
heaven; but my Father giveth you the true 
bread from heaven. For the bread of God is 
that which cometh down from heaven, and giveth 
life unto the world. They said therefore unto 
him. Lord, evermore give us this bread! 

Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: 
he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he 
that believeth on me shall never thirst. For I 
am come down from heaven, not to do mine own 
will, but the will of him that sent me. They 
therefore murmured concerning him, because he 
said, I am the bread which came down from 
heaven. And they said. Is not this Jesus, the 
son of Joseph, whose father and mother we 
know? how then doth he say, I am come down 
from heaven? 

Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur 



JOHN 377 

not among yourselves. I am the bread of life. 
Your fathers did eat the manna in the wilder- 
ness, and they died. This is the bread which 
Cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat 
thereof, and not die. I am the living bread 
which came down from heaven: if any man eat 
of this bread, he shall live for ever : yea, and the 
bread which I will give is my flesh for the life of 
the world. They therefore strove one with an- 
other, saying. How can this man give us his 
flesh to eat? Jesus therefore said unto them, 
Doth this cause you to stumble? It is the 
spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth noth- 
ing : the words that I have spoken unto you, they 
are spirit, and they are life. 

JOHN VII, XII, XIV 
Matthew xiii. Luke iv 

And it came to pass, as Jesus was teaching the 
people, that they were all astonished at his 
teaching; for his word was with authority. 
And they said. Is not this the carpenter's son? 
is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, 
James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And 
his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence 
then hath this man this wisdom? Jesus there- 
fore answered them, and said: 

My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me. 
The words that I speak unto you I speak not 
from myself; but the Father abiding in me 
doeth his works. The word therefore which ye 
hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me. 
If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know 



378 JOHN 

of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether 
I speak from myself. He that speaketh from 
himself seeketh his own glor}^ : but he that seek- 
eth the glory of him that sent him, the same is 
true, and no unrighteousness is in him. I speak 
not from myself; but the Father who sent me, 
he hath given me a commandment, what I should 
say, and what I should speak. The things 
therefore which I speak, as the Father abiding 
in me hath said, even so I speak. 

JOHN VII 

Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of taber- 
nacles, was at hand. The Jews therefore sought 
Jesus at the feast, and said. Where is he.^^ And 
there was much murmuring among the multi- 
tudes concerning him: some said. He is a good 
man ; others said, Not so, but he leadeth the 
people astray. Yet no man spake openly 
against him. But when it was now the midst 
of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and 
began to teach. 

Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said. Is 
not this he whom they seek to kill.^ And lo, 
he speaketh openly, and they say nothing unto 
him! Can it be that the rulers indeed know 
that this is the Christ.'^ Howbeit we know this 
man whence he is ; but when the Christ cometh, 
no one knoweth whence he is. But of the multi- 
tude many believed on him, and said. When the 
Christ shall come, will he do greater things than 
this man hath done.^^ 

And on the last day,, the great day of the 



JOHN 379 

feast, Jesus spake, saying, If any man thirst, 
let him come unto me and drink. He that be- 
lieveth on me, as the scripture hath said, from 
within him shall flow forth rivers of living 
water. 

Some of the multitude therefore, when they 
heard these words, said. This is of a truth the 
Prophet ! Others said. This is the Christ. But 
some said. What ! doth the Christ come out of 
Galilee.^ Hath not the scripture said that the 
Christ Cometh of the house of David, and from 
Bethlehem, the village where David was? So 
there arose a division in the multitude because of 
him : and some would have taken him. And the 
chief priests and Pharisees said unto the officers, 
Why did ye not take him? The officers an- 
swered, Never man spake like this man. 

JOHN VIII 
Romans vi. II Peter ii 

Then said Jesus unto them that had believed 
him. If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly 
my disciples; and ye shall know the truth, and 
the truth shall make you free. They answered 
unto him. We are freeborn, and have never yet 
been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou. 
Ye shall be made free? Jesus answered them, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you. Every one that 
committeth sin is the bondservant of sin. And 
the bondservant abideth not in his master's 
house: the son abideth for ever. If therefore 
the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free 
indeed. 



380 JOHN 

Know ye not, that to whom ye present your- 
selves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye 
are whom ye obey? For of what thing so- 
ever a man is overcome, of the same also is he 
brought unto bondage. But thanks be to God, 
that, though ye were servants of sin, ye be- 
came obedient from the heart to that form of 
teaching whereunto ye were delivered ; and being 
set free from sin, ye became servants of right- 
eousness. And having become servants of God, 
ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the 
end eternal life. 

JOHN VIII 
Luke XV 

And early in the morning Jesus came again 
into the temple, and all the people came unto 
him; and he sat down and taught them. And 
the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman 
taken in adultery; and having set her in the 
midst, they say unto him. This woman hath been 
taken in adultery. Now in the law Moses com- 
manded us to stone such : what then sayest thou 
of her? (This they said, tempting Jesus, that 
they might have whereof to accuse him). But 
Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on 
the ground. But when they continued asking 
him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them. 
He that is without sin among you, let him first 
cast a stone at her. And again he stooped down, 
and with his finger wrote on the ground. 

And they, when they heard it, went out one by 
one, beginning from the eldest, even unto the 



JOHN 381 

last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman, 
where she was, in the midst. And Jesus lifted 
up himself, and said unto her. Woman, where 
are they? did no man condemn thee? And she 
said. No man. Lord. And Jesus said. Neither 
do I condemn thee : go thy way ; from henceforth 
sin no more. 

These things spake Jesus as he was teaching 
in the temple. And he said, God sent not his 
Son into the world to condemn the world; but 
that the world through him should be saved. 
They that are whole have no need of a physi- 
cian; but they that are sick. And I am come 
not to call the righteous, but sinners to re- 
pentance. For the Son of man is come to seek 
and to save that which was lost. 

JOHN IX 

And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind 
from his birth. And his disciples asked him, 
saying. Rabbi, who did sin, this man, or his 
parents, that he should be born blind? Jesus 
answered. Neither did this man sin, nor his 
parents; but that the works of God should be 
made manifest in him. We must work the works 
of him that sent me, while it is day: the night 
Cometh, when no man can work. As long as I 
am in the world, I am the light of the world. 
When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, 
and made clay of the spittle, and with the clay 
thereof anointed his eyes, and said unto him. 
Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is by 
intei'pretation, Sent). He went away therefore, 
and washed, and came seeing. 



382 JOHN 

Now it was the sabbath on the day when 
Jesus wrought this work. Some therefore of 
the Pharisees said. This man is not from God, 
because he keepeth not the sabbath. But others 
said, How can a man that is a sinner do such 
signs .^ And there was a division among them. 

The Jews therefore did not beheve concerning 
him, that he had been bhnd, and had received his 
sight, until they called his parents, and asked 
them, saying. Is this your son, who ye say was 
born blind? how then doth he now see? His 
parents answered and said. We know that this 
is our son, and that he was born blind: but how 
he now seeth, we know not; or who opened his 
eyes, we know not: ask him; he is of age; he 
shall speak for himself. 

So they called the man that was blind, and 
said unto him. Give God the glory: as for this 
man, we know he is a sinner. He answered. 
Whether he be a sinner, I know not: one thing 
I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. 

JOHN X 

Verily, verily, I say unto you. He that enter- 
eth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, 
but climbeth up some other way, the same is a 
thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by 
the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him 
, the porter openeth ; and the sheep hear his voice : 
and he calleth his own sheep by name, and lead- 
eth them out. When he hath put forth all his 
own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow 
him: for they know his voice. And a stranger 



JOHK 383 

will they not follow, but will flee from him: for 
they know not the voice of strangers. 

This parable spake Jesus unto them : but they 
understood not what things they were which he 
spake unto them. Jesus therefore said unto 
them again: 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door 
of the sheep : by me if any man enter in, he shall 
be safe, and shall go in and go out, and shall 
find pasture. The thief cometh not, but that 
he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that 
they may have life, and that they may have it 
abundantly. 

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd 
layeth down his life for the sheep. He that is 
a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the 
sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and 
leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf 
snatcheth them, and scattereth them: he fleeth 
because he is a hireling, and careth not for the 
sheep. I am the good shepherd; and I know 
mine own, and mine own know me, even as the 
Father knoweth me, and I know the Father. 
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and 
they fallow me: and I give unto them eternal 
life; and they shall never perish, and no one 
shall snatch them out of my hand. My Father, 
who hath given them unto me, is greater than 
all ; and no one is able to snatch them out of the 
Father's hand. And other sheep I have, which 
are not of this fold : them also must I bring, and 
they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one 
flock, one shepherd. 



384 JOHN 



JOHN XII 



I am come a light into the world, that who- 
soever believeth on me may not abide in the 
darkness, but may have the light of life. Walk 
while ye have the light, that darkness overtake 
you not: and he that walketh in the darkness, 
knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have 
the light, believe on the light, that ye may be- 
come sons of light. 

These things spake Jesus: yet believed they 
not on him. Nevertheless even of the rulers 
many believed on him ; but because of the Phari- 
sees they did not confess it, lest they should 
be put out of the synagogue ; for they loved the 
glory that is of men more than the glory that 
is of God. Jesus therefore spake, and said: 

He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, 
but on him that sent me. And he that rejecteth 
me, rejecteth not me, but him that sent me. 
And if any man hear my sayings, and receive 
them not, I judge him not; for I came not to 
judge the world, but to save the world. He 
that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, 
hath one that judgeth him, even the word that 
I spake; the same shall judge him. For I 
spake not from myself ; but the Father that sent 
me, he hath given me a commandment, what I 
should say, and what I should speak. As the 
Father hath commanded me, even so I speak; 
and I know that his commandment is life eternal. 



JOHN 385 

JOHN XIII 
Luke xxii 

And it came to pass, as Jesus was sitting at 
meat with the twelve disciples, that there arose 
a contention among them, which of them is ac- 
counted to be greatest. Jesus therefore said 
unto them : 

Ye know that they who are accounted to rule 
over the Gentiles lord it over them; and their 
great ones exercise authority over them. But 
so shall it not be among you: but whosoever 
would become great among you, let him be your 
minister; and whosoever of you would be the 
chiefest, let him be servant of all. For whether 
is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that 
serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat.'^ but I am 
in the midst of you as he that serveth. 

And while they were yet eating, Jesus riseth 
from supper, and layeth aside his garments ; and 
he took a towel, and girded himself. Then he 
poureth water into the basin, and began to wash 
the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the 
towel wherewith he was girded. So he cometh to 
Simon Peter. He saith unto him. Lord, dost 
thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said 
unto him. What I do thou knowest not now; 
but thou shalt understand hereafter. Peter 
saith unto him. Thou shalt never wash my 
feet! Jesus answered him. If I wash thee not, 
thou hast no part with me. Simon Peter saith 
unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my 
hands and my head ! 



386 JOHN 

So when Jesus had washed their feet, and 
taken his garments, and sat down again, he 
said unto them. Know ye what I have done to 
you? Ye call me. Master, and, Lord. If I 
then, the Lord and the Master, have washed 
your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's 
feet. For I have given you an example, that 
ye also should do as I have done to you. 

JOHN XIV 

Let not your heart be troubled. Believe in 
God, believe also in me. In my Father's house 
are many mansions ; if it were not so, I would 
have told you ; for I go to prepare a place for 
you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, 
I come again, and will receive you unto myself ; 
that where I am, there ye may be also. And 
whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. 
Thomas saith unto him. Lord, we know not 
whither thou goest; and how can we know the 
way? 

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the 
truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the 
Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye 
would have known my Father also: from hence- 
forth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip 
saith unto him. Lord, shew us the Father, and 
it sufRceth us. 

Jesus saith unto him. Have I been so long 
time with you, and dost thou not know me, 
Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the 
Father; how say est thou. Shew us the Father? 
Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and 



JOHN 387 

the Father in me ? The words that I speak unto 
you, I speak not from myself; but the Father 
abiding in me doeth his works. BeHeve me that 
I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or 
else believe for the very works' sake. Verily, 
verily, I say unto you. He that believeth on 
me, the works that I do shall he do also ; and 
greater works than these shall he do; because 
I go unto the Father. And whatsoever ye shall 
ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father 
may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask 
anything in my name, that will I do. 

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments. 
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give 
you another Comforter, that he may be with you 
for ever, even the Spirit of truth: whom the 
world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, 
neither knoweth him : ye know him ; for he 
abideth with you, and shall be in you. I will 
not leave you desolate: I come unto you. Yet 
a little while, and the world beholdeth me no 
more ; but ye behold me : because I live, ye 
shall live also. In that day ye shall know that I 
am in the Father and ye in me, and I in you. 
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth 
them, he it is that loveth me : and he that loveth 
me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love 
him, and will manifest myself unto him. Judas 
(not Iscariot) saith unto him. How is it that thou 
w^ilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the 
world ? 

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man 
love me, he will keep my word: and my Father 



388 JOHN 

will love him, and we will come unto him, and 
make our abode with him. He that loveth me 
not, keepeth not my words ; and the word which 
ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent 
me. 

These things have I spoken unto you, while 
yet abiding with you. But the Comforter, even 
the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in 
my name, he shall teach you all things, and 
bring to your remembrance all that I have said 
unto you. 

Peace I leave with you ; my peace I give unto 
you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. 
Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be 
afraid. Ye heard how I said to you, I go away, 
and I come unto you. If ye loved me, ye would 
have rejoiced, because I go unto the Father: 
for the Father is greater than I. And now I 
have told you before it come to pass, that, when 
it is come to pass, ye may believe. 

JOHN XV 

I am the true vine, and my Father is the 
husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth 
not fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch 
that beareth fruft, he cleanseth it, that it may 
bear more fruit. Already are ye clean by rea- 
son of the word which I have spoken unto you. 
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch 
cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the 
vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. 

I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that 
abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth 



JOHN 389 

much fruit ; for apart from me ye can do noth- 
ing. If any one abideth not in me, he is cast 
forth as a branch, and withereth. If ye abide in 
me, and my words abide in you, ye shall bear 
much fruit, and your fruit shall abide. Herein 
is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; 
and so shall ye be my disciples. 

JOHN XV, XVI 

Then spake Jesus unto his disciples, and said : 
Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have 
loved you: abide ye in my love. If ye keep 
my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; 
even as I have kept my Father's commandments, 
and abide in his love. This is my commandment, 
that ye love one another, even as I have loved 
you. Greater love hath no man than this, that 
a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are 
my friends, if ye do the things which I com- 
mand you. No longer do I call you servants; 
for the sers^ant knoweth not what his lord doeth : 
but I have called you friends ; for all things 
that I heard from my Father I have made known 
unto you. These things I command you, that 
ye love one another. 

If the world hateth you, know ye that it hath 
hated me before it hated you. If ye were of 
the world, the world would love its own: but 
because ye are not of the world, but I chose you 
out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 
Remember the word that I said unto you, A 
servant is not greater than his lord. If they 
persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if 



390 JOHN 

they kept my word, they will keep yours also. 
But all these things will they do unto you for 
my name's sake, because they know not him that 
sent me. 

These things have I spoken unto* you, that 
ye should not be made to stumble. They shall 
put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour 
cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think 
that he ofFereth service unto God. And these 
things will they do, because they have not known 
the Father, nor me. But these things have I 
spoken unto you, that when the time shall 
come, ye may remember that I told you of them. 

And these things I said not unto you from 
the beginning, because I was with you. But 
now I go unto him that sent me: and because I 
have spoken these things unto you, sorrow hath 
filled your heart. But when the Comforter is 
come untO' you from the Father, even the Spirit 
of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he 
shall bear witness of me. And he, when he is 
come, will convict the world in respect of sin, 
and of righteousness, and of judgment. Of sin, 
because they believe not on me ; of righteousness, 
because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no 
more; of judgment, because the prince of this 
world hath been judged. 

I have yet many things to say unto you, but 
ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, 
the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you 
into all the truth. For he shall not speak from 
himself, but what things soever he shall hear, 
these shall he speak; and he shall declare unto 



JOHN 391 

you the things that are to come. He shall 
glorify me; for he shall take of mine, and shall 
declare it unto you. All things whatsoever the 
Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he 
taketh of mine, and shall declare it unto you. 

These things have I spoken unto you, that 
in me ye may have peace. In the world ye 
have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have 
overcome the world. 

JOHN XVI 

Then spake Jesus unto his disciples, and said, 
A little while, and ye behold me no more; and 
again a little while, and ye shall see me ; because 
I go to the Father. Some of his disciples there- 
fore said one to another. What is this that he 
saith unto us, A little while, and ye behold me 
not; and again a little while, and ye shall see 
me; and. Because I go to the Father? They 
said therefore. What is this that he saith, A 
little while? We know not what he saith. 

Jesus perceived that they were desirous to ask 
him, and he said unto them. Do ye inquire among 
yourselves concerning this, that I said, A little 
while, and ye behold me not; and again a little 
while, and ye shall see me? Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but 
the world shall rejoice; and ye shall be sorrow- 
ful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. 
And ye now therefore have sorrow; but I will 
see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and 
your joy no man taketh away from you. And 
in that day, ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, 



392 JOHN 

verily, I say unto' you, If ye shall ask anything 
of the Father, he will give it you in my name. 
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name : ask 
and ye shall receive, that vour joy may be made 
full. 

These things have I spoken unto you in para- 
bles; the hour cometh, when I shall no more 
speak unto you in parables, but shall tell you 
plainly of the Father. In that day ye shall ask 
in my name : and I say not unto you, that I will 
pray the Father for you ; for the Father himself 
loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have 
believed that I came forth from the Father. I 
came forth from the Father, and am come into 
the world : again, I leave the world, and go unto 
the Father. 

His disciples said, Lo, now speakest thou 
plainly unto us, and speakest no parable. Now 
are we sure that thou knowest all things, and 
needest not that any man should ask thee: 
by this we believe that thou camest forth from 
God. Jesus answered them. Do- ye now believe? 
Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is come, that ye 
shall be scattered, every man to his own, and 
shall leave me alone : yet am I not alone, because 
the Father is with me. 

JOHN XVII 

Then Jesus lifted up his ej'^es to heaven, and 
said : 

Father, the hour is come! glorify thy Son, 
that the Son may glorify thee: even as thou 
gavest him authority, that to all whom thou hast 



JOHN 393 

given him, he should give eternal life. And this 
is life eternal, that they should know thee, the 
only true God, and him whom thou didst send. 
I glorified thee on the earth, having finished the 
work which thou gavest me to do. And now. 
Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, with 
the glory which I had with thee before the world 
was. 

I manifested thy name unto the men whom 
thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they 
were, and thou gavest them to me; and they 
have kept thy word. Now they know that all 
things whatsoever thou hast given me are from 
thee; for I have given to them the words which 
thou gavest me; and they received them, and 
knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, 
and believed that thou didst send me. 

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, 
but for those whom thou hast given me; for 
they are thine: and all things that are mine are 
thine, and thine are mine ; and I am glorified in 
them. And I am no longer in the world; and 
they are in the w^orld, and I come to thee. Holy 
Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast 
given me, that they may be one, even as we are. 
While I was with them, I kept them in thy name 
which thou hast given me, and guarded them. 
But now I come to thee; and these things I 
speak in the world, that they may have my joy 
made full in themselves. I have given them thy 
word; and the world hated them, because they 
are not of the world, even as I am not of the 
world. I pray not that thou take them from 



394 JOHN 

the world, but that thou keep them from evil. 
They are not of the world, even as I am not of 
the world. Sanctify them in the truth; thy 
word is truth. As thou didst send me into the 
world, even so sent I them into the world. And 
for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they 
themselves also may be sanctified in truth. 

Neither for these only do I pray, but for 
them also that believe on me through their word ; 
that they may all be one; even as thou. Father, 
art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be 
one in us: that the world may believe that thou 
didst send me. And the glory which thou hast 
given me, I have given unto them ; that they 
may be one, even as we are one; I in them, and 
thou in me, that they may be perfected into one ; 
that the world may know that thou didst send 
me, and lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me. 

Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast 
given me be with me where I am, that they may 
behold my glory which thou hast given me; for 
thou lovedst me before the foundation of the 
world. 

O righteous Father, the world knew thee not, 
but I knew thee; and these knew that thou didst 
send me. And I made known unto them thy 
name, and will make it known; that the love 
wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and 
I in them. 

JOHN XIV, XX 

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Yet a lit- 
tle while, and the world beholdeth me no more; 
but ye behold me. I will not leave you desolate ; 



JOHN 395 

I come unto you. In that day ye shall know 
that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in 
you. If any man loveth me, I will love him, 
and will manifest myself unto him. 

When therefore Jesus was risen from the dead, 
on that day, the first day of the week, and when 
the doors were shut where the disciples were, 
for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in 
the midst, and saith unto them. Peace be unto 
you. And when he had said this, he manifested 
unto them his hands and his side. The dis- 
ciples therefore were glad, when they saw the 
Lord. 

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didy- 
mus, was not with them when Jesus came. The 
other disciple therefore came and told him, say- 
ing. We have seen the Lord ! But Thomas said 
unto them. Except I myself shall see in his 
hands the prints of the nails, and put my finger 
into the print of the nails, and put my hand into 
his side, I will not believe. 

Now after eight days again the disciples were 
within, and Thomas was with them. Jesus Com- 
eth, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, 
and said. Peace be unto you. Then saith he 
to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and see 
my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and put 
it into my side: and be not faithless, but be- 
lieving. Thomas answered and said unto him, 
My Lord and my God! Jesus saith unto him, 
Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: 
blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have 
believed. 



THE ACTS 
OF THE APOSTLES 

ACTS II 

Now when the day of Pentecost was fully 
come, the apostles were all with one accord in 
one place. And they went up into the upper 
chamber; and were continuing stedfastly with 
one accord in prayer. And suddenly there came 
a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty 
wind, and it filled all the house where they were 
sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven 
tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of 
them. And they were all filled with the Holy 
Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, 
as the Spirit gave them utterance. 

Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem devout 
men, out of every nation under heaven. And 
when this was noised abroad, the multitude came 
together, and were astonished, because that 
every man heard them speaking in his own lan- 
guage. And they were all amazed and mar- 
velled, saying. Behold, are not all these that 
speak Galileans.? And how hear we, every man 
in our own language wherein we were born? 
Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and the 
dwellers in Mesopotamia, in Judaea and Cappa- 
docia, in Pontus and Asia, in Phrygia and Pam- 
phylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about 
Cyrene, and sojourners from Rome, both Jews 
and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians, we do 

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ACTS 397 

hear them speaking in our tongues the mighty 
works of God. And they were all amazed, and 
were perplexed, saying one to another. What 
meaneth this? Then Peter lifted up his voice, 
and spake unto them, saying: 

Ye men of Judsea, and all ye that dwell at 
Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken 
to my words. For this is that which was spoken 
by the prophet Joel: 

It shall come to pass in the latter days, saith 

the Lord, 
That I will pour forth my Spirit upon all 

flesh ; 
And your sons and your daughters shall 

prophesy. 
And your young men shall see visions, 
And your old men shall dream dreams: 
Yea, and upon my servants and upon my 

handmaids 
In those days will I pour forth my Spirit. 

And the promise is to you, and to your chil- 
dren, and to them that are afar off^, even as 
many as shall call upon the name of the Lord. 

ACTS III 

Now Peter and John were going up together 
into the temple at the hour of prayer. And a 
certain man lame from birth was carried, whom 
they laid daily at the gate of the temple which 
is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that en- 
tered into the temple. And when he saw Peter 
and John about to go into the temple, he asked 



398 ACTS 

to receive an alms of them, expecting to receive 
something from them. But Peter said. Silver 
and gold have I none ; but what I have, that give 
I thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazar- 
eth, rise up and walk. And he took him by the 
right hand, and raised him up : and immediately 
his feet and his ankle-bones received strength. 
And leaping up, he stood, and began to walk; 
and he entered with them into the temple, walk- 
ing, and leaping, and praising God. And all 
the people saw him walking and praising God: 
and they took knowledge of him, that it was he 
that sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the 
temple; and they were filled with v/onder and 
amazement at that which had happened unto 
him. 

And as he held Peter and John, all the peo- 
ple ran together unto them in the porch that is 
called Solomon's, greatly wondering. And when 
Peter saw it, he answered unto the people. Ye 
men of Israel, why marvel ye at this man? or 
why fasten ye your eyes on us, as though by our 
own power or godliness we had made him to 
walk.? The God of our fathers hath glorified 
his servant Jesus. And by faith in his name 
hath his name made this man strong, whom ye 
behold and know : yea, the faith which is through 
him hath given him this perfect soundness in 
the presence of you all. 

ACTS IV, V 

And as Peter and John spake unto the peo- 
ple, the priests and the captain of the temple 



ACTS 399 

and the Sadducees came upon them, being sore 
troubled because they taught the people. And 
they laid hands on them, and put them in ward 
unto the morrow: for it was now eventide. 

And it came to pass on the morrow, that their 
rulers and elders and scribes were gathered to- 
gether in Jerusalem. And when they had set 
Peter and John in the midst, they began to in- 
quire concerning this matter. And when they 
had commanded them to go aside out of the 
council, they conferred among themselves, say- 
ing. What shall we do to these men? That 
their teaching spread no further among the peo- 
ple, let us threaten them, that they speak hence- 
forth to no man in this name. And they called 
them, and charged them not to speak at all nor 
teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and 
John answered and said unto them. Whether it 
is right in the sight of God to hearken unto you 
rather than unto God, judge ye; for we cannot 
but speak the things which we saw and heard. 
So they, when they had further threatened them, 
let them go, finding nothing how they might 
punish them, because of the people. 

And there came one and told the rulers, say- 
ing, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are 
standing in the temple and teaching the people. 
Then went the captain with the officers and 
brought them, but without violence: for they 
feared the people, lest they themselves^ should 
be stoned. And when they had brought them, 
they set them before the council. And the high 
priest asked them, saying, Did we not straitly 



400 ACTS 

charge you that ye should not teach in this 
name ? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with 
your teaching! But Peter and the apostles an- 
swered and said, We must obey God rather than 
men. 

When they heard this they were filled with 
wrath, and were minded to slay them. But there 
stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named 
Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation 
among all the people. And he said unto them, 
Refrain from these men, and let them alone : for 
if this counsel or this work be of men, it will 
come to nought: but if it is of God, ye will not 
be able to overthrow them; lest haply ye be 
found even to be fighting against God. 

ACTS VI, VII, VIII 

And Stephen, full of grace and power, 
wrought great wonders and signs among the 
people. But there arose certain ones from the 
synagogues disputing with Stephen; and they 
were not able to withstand the wisdom and the 
Spirit by which he spake. Wherefore they 
suborned men, who said. We have heard him 
speak blasphemous words against Moses, and 
against God. And they stirred up the people, 
and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon 
him, and seized him, and brought him into the 
council. And they set up false witnesses, who 
said. This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous 
words against this holy place, and against the 
law ; for we have heard him say, that this Jesus 
of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall 



ACTS 401 

change the customs which Moses delivered unto 
us. And all that sat in the council, looking 
stedfastly on Stephen, saw his face as it had 
been the face of an angel. 

Then said the high priest, Are these things 
so.'^ And he said. Brethren and fathers, hearken. 
Why do ye always resist the Holy Spirit.'^ as 
your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the 
prophets did not your fathers persecute .^^ and 
they killed them that shewed before of the com- 
ing of the Righteous One ; of whom ye have now 
become betrayers and murderers — ye who re- 
ceived the law as an ordinance by angels, yet 
kept it not ! 

Now when they heard these things, they were 
cut to the heart, and they cried out with a loud 
voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon 
him with one accord; and they cast him out of 
the city, and stoned him. And he kneeled down, 
and cried with a loud voice. Lord, lay not this 
sin to their charge! And when he had said 
this, he fell asleep. And devout men carried 
Stephen to his burial, and made great lamenta- 
tion over him. For he was a man full of faith 
and of the Holy Spirit. 

ACTS VIII 

Then went Philip down to the city of Sa- 
maria, and proclaimed unto them the Christ. 
And the people with one accord gave heed unto 
the things which he spake; and there was great 
joy in that city. But there was a certain man, 
called Simon, who beforetime in the city used 



402 ACTS 

sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giv- 
ing out that himself was some great one: to 
whom they all gave heed, from the least to the 
greatest, saying. This man is that power of 
God which is called Great! But when they be- 
lieved Philip preaching good tidings concern- 
ing the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus 
Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. 
And Simon also himself believed : and being bap- 
tized, he continued with Philip. 

Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem 
heard that Samaria had received the word of 
God, they sent unto them Peter and John: who, 
when they were come down, prayed for them, 
that they might receive the Holy Spirit. Then 
laid they their hands on them, and they received 
the Holy Spirit. Now when Simon saw that 
through the laying on of the apostles' hands the 
Spirit was given, he offered them money, saying. 
Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I 
lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit. 
But Peter said unto him, Thinkest thou that the 
gift of God may be obtained with money .^^ thy 
heart is not right before God! Repent there- 
fore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, 
if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be 
forgiven thee. 

ACTS VIII 

Then Philip arose, and went toward the south 
unta the way that goeth down from Jerusalem 
unto Gaza: the same is desert. And behold, a 
man of Ethiopia, one of great authority under 



ACTS 403 

Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the 
charge of all her treasure, who had come to 
Jerusalem to worship ; and he was returning and 
sitting in his chariot, and was reading the 
prophet Isaiah. And Philip ran to him, and 
heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. And 
Philip said, Understandest thou what thou read- 
est? And he said, How can I, except some one 
shall guide me? And he besought Philip to 
come up and sit with him. 

Now the passage of the scripture which he was 
reading was this : 

He was led as a sheep to the slaughter ; 
And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb. 
So he openeth not his mouth: 
In his humiliation his judgment was taken 

away : 
His generation who shall declare? 
For his life is taken from the earth. 

And the Ethiopian spake unto Philip, and said, 
I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this ? 
of himself, or of some other ? And Philip 
opened his mouth, and beginning from this 
scripture, preached unto him Jesus. And as 
they went on the way, they came unto a certain 
w^ater; and the man said. Behold, here is water; 
what doth hinder me to be baptized? And he 
commanded the chariot to stand still: and they 
both went down into the water, and Philip bap- 
tized him. And when they came up out of the 
water, Philip left him; and the Ethiopian saw 
him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing. 



404 ACTS 

ACTS IX 

Galatians I 

And Saul, yet breathing out threatening and 
slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went 
unto the high priest, and asked of him letters 
to Damascus unto the synagogues, that if he 
found any that were of the Way, whether men 
or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusa- 
lem. And as he journeyed, it came to pass 
that he drew nigh unto Damascus: and sud- 
denly there shone round about him a light out 
of heaven : and he fell upon the earth, and heard 
a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why per- 
secutest thou me? And he said. Who art thou? 
And he said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest : 
but rise, and enter into the city, and it shall be 
told thee what thou must do. And Saul arose 
from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, 
he saw nothing; and they led him by the hand, 
and brought him into Damascus. And he was 
three days without sight, and did neither eat 
nor drink. 

Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, 
named Ananias; and the Lord said unto him in 
a vision, Ananias. And he said. Behold, I am 
here. Lord. And the Lord said unto him. Arise, 
and go to the street which is called Straight, 
and inquire in the house of Judas for one named 
Saul, a man of Tarsus : for behold, he prayeth ; 
and he hath seen a man named Ananias com- 
ing in, and laying his hands on him, that he 
might receive his sight. And Ananias departed, 



ACTS ^ 405 

and entered into the house ; and laying his hands 
on him said. Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, 
who appeared unto thee in the way which thou 
earnest, hath sent me, that thou mayest receive 
thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit. 
And straightway there fell from his eyes as it 
were scales, and he received his sight; and he 
arose and was baptized; and he took food and 
was strengthened. 

And Saul tarried certain days with the dis- 
ciples which were at Damascus. And straight- 
way in the synagogues he began to preach Jesus. 
And all that heard him were amazed, and said. 
He that once persecuted us now preacheth the 
faith of which he once made havoc! and they 
glorified God. 

ACTS X 

Now Peter went up upon the housetop to 
pray, about the sixth hour : and he became hun- 
gry, and would have eaten : but while they made 
ready, he fell into a trance. And he beholdeth 
the heaven opened, and a certain vessel de- 
scending, as it were a great sheet, let down by 
four corners upon the earth: wherein were all 
manner of fourf ooted beasts and creeping things 
of the earth and fowls of the heaven. And there 
came a voice to him. Rise, Peter; kill and eat. 
But Peter said. Not so. Lord; for I have never 
eaten anything that is common and unclean. 
And a voice came unto him again the second 
time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou 
common. And this was done thrice: and 



406 ACTS 

straightway the vessel was received up into 
heaven. 

Now while Peter was much perplexed in him- 
self what the vision which he had seen might 
mean, behold, three men stood before the gate, 
and called and asked whether Simon, who was 
sumamed Peter, were lodging there. And Peter 
went down to the men, and said. Behold, I am 
he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore 
ye are come. And they said, Cornelius a centu- 
rion, a righteous man and one that f eareth God, 
and well reported of by all the nation of the 
Jews, hath sent for thee into his house in 
Csesarea, that he may hear words from thee. 
So Peter called them in and lodged them. 

And in the morning Peter arose and went 
forth with them. And on the morrow they 
entered into Csesarea. And Cornelius was wait- 
ing for them, having called together his kins- 
men and his near friends. And Peter went in, 
and found many that were come together. And 
he said unto them. Ye yourselves know how un- 
lawful a thing it is for a man that is a Jew to 
join himself or come unto one of another na- 
tion; and yet unto me hath God shewed that I 
should not call any man common or unclean. 
For of a truth I perceive that God is no re- 
specter of persons; but in every nation he that 
feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is ac- 
ceptable to him, 

ACTS X, XI 

Now it came to pass, when Peter was en- 
tered into Caesarea, that Cornelius was waiting 



ACTS 407 

for them, having called together his kinsmen 
and his near friends. And when Peter was 
come into the house, Cornelius said. We are all 
here present in the sight of God, to hear all 
things that have been commanded thee of the 
Lord. Then Peter opened his mouth, and said: 

The word which God sent unto the children 
of Israel, preaching good tidings of peace by 
Jesus Christ — that word, I say, ye yourselves 
know, which was published throughout all 
Judaea, beginning from Galilee, after the bap- 
tism which John preached ; even Jesus of Naza- 
reth, how that God anointed him with the Holy 
Spirit and with power: who went about doing 
good, and healing all that were oppressed ; for 
God was with him. And we are witnesses of 
all things which he did both in the country of 
the Jews, and in Jerusalem. And he charged 
us to preach unto the people, and to testify, 
that this is he that is anointed of God. To him 
bear all the prophets witness, that through his 
name every one that believeth on him shall re- 
ceive remission of sins. 

While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy 
Spirit fell on all them that heard the word. 
And they were amazed, as many as came with 
Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was 
poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit. But 
Peter answered, Can any man forbid the water, 
that these should not be baptized, who have re- 
ceived the Holy Spirit as well as we? And he 
commanded them to be baptized in the name of 
the Lord. And Peter tarried with them certain 
days. 



408 ACTS 

But it came to pass, when the apostles and 
the brethren that were in Judaea heard that the 
Gentiles also had received the word, that they 
were sore displeased. And when Peter was come 
up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circum- 
cision contended with Peter, saying. Thou went- 
est in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with 
them ! But Peter rehearsed the matter unto 
them from the beginning, declaring how that 
the Spirit had bade him go unto the men, mak- 
ing no distinction, and how that the Holy Spirit 
fell on them as he spake. And he said. If then 
God gave unto them the like gift as he did also 
unto us, who was I, that I could withstand God? 
And when they heard these things, they held 
their peace, and glorified God. 

ACTS XV 

Now it came to pass after the gospel had 
been proclaimed in many cities of the Gentiles 
and many disciples had been made, that cer- 
tain men came down to Antioch from Judaea, and 
taught the brethren, saying. Except ye keep the 
law of Moses, ye cannot be saved. And when 
Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and 
questioning with them, the brethren appointed 
that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of 
them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apos- 
tles and the elders about this question. 

And when the apostles and the elders were 
gathered together, Peter rose up, and said unto 
them. Brethren, ye know how that a good while 
ago God made choice among you, that by my 



ACTS 409 

mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the 
gospel, and believe. And God, who knoweth 
the heart, bare them witness, giving the Holy 
Spirit unto them, even as he did unto us; and 
he made no distinction between us and them, 
purifying their hearts by faith. Now there- 
fore why tempt ye God, that ye should put upon 
the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither 
our fathers nor we were able to bear? But we 
believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus 
we shall be saved, even as our fathers were. 

Then spake James, saying. My judgment is, 
that we trouble not them that from among the 
Gentiles turn to God; but that we write unto 
them, that they abstain from the pollutions of 
idols, and from uncleanness, and from blood. 

Then it seemed good to the apostles and the 
elders, with the whole church, to choose men out 
of their company, and send them to Antioch. 
And they sent by them letters after this manner : 

The apostles and the elders, brethren, 
unto the brethren who are of the Gentiles, 
Greeting. 

Forasmuch as we have heard that cer- 
tain have troubled you with words, sub- 
verting your souls, saying. Ye must ob- 
serve the law of Moses ; to whom we gave no 
such commandment; it seemed good unto 
us, having come to one accord, to choose 
out men and send them unto you with our 
beloved Barnabas and Paul, men that have 
hazarded their lives for the name of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. We have therefore 



410 ACTS 

sent Judas and Silas, who themselves also 
shall tell you the same things by word of 
mouth. 

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, 
and to us, to lay upon you no greater 
burden than these necessary things : that 
ye abstain from things sacrificed to idols, 
and from blood, and from things strangled, 
and from uncleanness : from which if ye 
keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. 

Fare ye well. 

So they, when they were dismissed, came down 
to Antioch; and having gathered the multitude 
together, they delivered the epistle. And when 
they had read it, they rejoiced for the consola- 
tion. 

ACTS XIV, XVII 

Now while Paul waited at Athens, his spirit 
was stirred in him as he beheld the city full of 
idols. Therefore reasoned he in the synagogue 
with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the 
marketplace every day with them that met him. 
And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic 
philosophers encountered him. And they took 
him,, and brought him into the hill of Mars, 
saying. May we know what this new teaching 
is, which is spoken by thee? For thou bringest 
certain strange things to our ears: we would 
know therefore what these things mean. And 
Paul stood in the midst of the hill of Mars, and 
said : 

Ye men of Athens, in all things I perceive 



ACTS 411 

that ye are very religious. For as I passed 
along, and observed the objects of your worship, 
I found also an altar with this inscription, To 
an Unknown God. What therefore ye worship 
in ignorance, this I set forth unto you. 

The God that made the world and all things 
therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, 
dwelleth not in temples made with hands ; neither 
is he served by men's hands, as though he 
needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all 
life, and breath, and all things ; and he made of 
one every nation of men to dwell on all the face 
of the earth, having determined their appointed 
seasons, and the bounds of their habitation ; that 
they should seek God, if haply they might feel 
after him and find him, though he is not far 
from each one of us : for in him we live, and 
move, and have our being; as certain even of 
your own poets have said. 

For we are also his offspring. 

Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of 
God, we ought not to think that the Godhead 
is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by 
art and device of man : for he hath not left him- 
self without witness in each one of us. 

ACTS XIX 

Now about that time there arose no small 
stir concerning the Way. For a certain man 
named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made sil- 
ver shrines of Diana, brought no little business 
unto the craftsmen ; whom he gathered together. 



412 ACTS 

with the workmen of like occupation, and said, 
Sirs, ye know that by this business we have our 
wealth. And ye see and hear, that not alone at 
Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this 
Paul hath persuaded and turned away much 
people, saying that there are no gods that are 
made with hands. Therefore there is danger not 
only that this our trade come into disrepute ; but 
also that the temple of the great goddess Diana 
be made of no account, and that she should even 
be deposed from her magnificence whom all Asia 
and the world worshippeth. 

And when they heard this, they were filled 
with wrath, and cried out, saying. Great is 
Diana of the Ephesians ! And the city was 
filled with confusion: and they rushed with one 
accord into the theatre, having seized Gains and 
Aristarchus, Paul's companions in travel. And 
some cried one thing, and some another: for the 
assembly was in confusion ; and the larger part 
knew not w^herefore they were come together. 
And they brought Alexander out of the multi- 
tude; and he beckoned with the hand, and would 
have made a defence unto the people. But when 
they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one 
voice about the space of two hours cried out, 
Great is Diana of the Ephesians ! 

Then the townclerk, when he had quieted the 
multitude, said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man 
is there who knoweth not that the city of the 
Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Diana, 
and of the image which fell down from Jupiter ? 
Seeing then that these things cannot be gain- 



ACTS 413 

said, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing 
rash. For ye have brought hither these men, 
who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphem- 
ers of our goddess. If therefore Demetrius, and 
the craftsmen that are with him, have a matter 
against any man, the courts are open, and there 
are proconsuls: let them accuse one another. 
But if ye seek anything about other matters, it 
shall be settled in the regular assembly. For in- 
deed we are in danger of being accused of riot 
concerning this day, there being no cause for it : 
and as touching it we shall not be able to give 
account of this concourse. And when he had 
thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly. 

ACTS XX 

Now when Paul was come to Miletus, he sent 
to Ephesus, and called unto him the elders of the 
church. And when they were come, he said unto 
them: 

Ye yourselves know, from the first day that 
I set foot in Asia, after what manner I was with 
you all the time, serving the Lord with all low- 
liness of mind, and with tears, and with trials 
which befell me ; how that I shrank not from de- 
claring unto you anything that was profitable, 
and teaching you publicly, and from house to 
house, testifying both to Jews and to Greeks 
repentance toward God, and faith toward our 
Lord Jesus Christ. And now, behold, I go 
bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing 
the things that shall befall me there: save that 
the Holy Spirit testifieth unto me in every city, 



414 ACTS 

saying that bonds and afflictions await me. But 
I hold not my life of any account, as dear unto 
myself 5 if only that I may accomplish my course, 
and the ministry which I received from the Lord 
Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. 

And now, behold, I know that ye all, among 
whom I went about preaching the kingdom, shall 
see my face no more. Wherefore take heed unto 
yourselves, and to all the flock, whereof the Holy 
Spirit hath made you overseers, to feed the 
church of the Lord, which he purchased with his 
own life. 

And now, brethren, I commend you to God, 
and to the word of his grace, which is able to 
build you up, and to give you the inheritance 
among all them that are sanctified. I coveted 
no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. In all 
things I laboured to give you an example, how 
that so labouring ye ought to help the weak, and 
to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how 
he himself said. It is more blessed to' give than 
to receive. 

And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled 
down, and prayed with them all. And they all 
wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed 
him, sorrowing most of all for the word which 
he had spoken, that they should behold his face 
no more. And they brought him on his way 
unto the ship. 

ACTS XXVI 

And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art per- 
mitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul 
stretched forth his hand, and made his defence: 



ACTS 415 

I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I 
am to make my defence before thee this day 
touching all the things whereof I am accused by 
the Jews: because thou art especially expert in 
all their customs and questions: wherefore I be- 
seech thee to hear me patiently. 

My manner of life then from my youth up, 
which was from the beginning among mine own 
nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; 
having knowledge of me from the first, if they 
be willing to testify, how that after the strictest 
sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. And now 
I stand here to be judged for the hope of the 
promise made of God unto our fathers ; unto 
which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serv- 
ing God night and day, hope to attain. And 
concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, 
O king! Why is it judged incredible with you, 
if God doth raise the dead.^^ 

For myself, I verily once thought that I ought 
to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus 
of Nazareth. And this I also' did in Jerusalem : 
and I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, 
having received authority from the chief priests, 
and when they were put to death, I gave my 
vote against them. And punishing them often- 
times in all the synagogues, I strove to make 
them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad 
against them, I persecuted them even unto for- 
eign cities. 

On which errand as I journeyed to Damascus 
with the authority and commission of the chief 
priests, at midday, O king, I saw on the way a 



416 ACTS 

light from heaven, above the brightness of the 
sun, shining round about me and them that 
journeyed with me. And when we were all fall- 
en to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto 
me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why 
persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick 
against the goads. And I said, Who art thou.'* 
And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou per- 
secutest. But arise, and stand upon thy feet: 
for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to 
appoint thee a minister and a witness both of 
the things which thou hast seen, and of the 
things wherein I shall appear unto thee; deliv- 
ering thee from the people, and from the Gen- 
tiles unto whom I send thee, to open their eyes, 
to turn them from darkness to light, from the 
power of Satan unto God : that they may receive 
remission of sins, and an inheritance among 
them that are sanctified by faith in me. 

Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not dis- 
obedient unto the heavenly vision: but began 
to declare both to them of Damascus first, and 
at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of 
Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should 
repent and turn to God, doing Avorks worthy of 
their repentance. Having therefore obtained 
the help that is from God, I stand unto this day 
testifying both to small and great, saying noth- 
ing but what the prophets and Moses did say 
should come; how that the Christ must suffer, 
and how that he first by the resurrection of the 
dead should proclaim light both to the people 
and to the Gentiles. 



ACTS 417 

And as he thus spake for himself, Festus cried 
with a loud voice, Paul thou are beside thyself ! 
thy much learning doth make thee mad. But 
Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus ; 
but speak forth words of truth and soberness. 
For the king knoweth of these things, unto 
whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded 
that none of these things is hidden from him; 
for this hath not been done in a corner. King 
Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know 
that thou believest. And Agrippa said unto 
Paul, With but little persuasion wouldest thou 
fain make me a Christian? And Paul said, I 
would to God, that whether with little or with 
much, not thou only, but also all that hear me 
this day, might become such as I am — except 
these bonds ! 

ACTS XXVII 

Now when it was determined that we should 
sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain 
other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of 
the Augustan band. And embarking in a ship 
of Adramyttium, which was about to sail unto 
the places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea. 
And when we were come to Myra, a city of 
Lycia, the centurion found a ship of Alexandria 
sailing for Italy ; and he put us therein. 

But after no long time there beat down a 
tempestuous wind : and when the ship was caught, 
and could not face the wind, we gave way tO' it, 
and were driven. And running under the lee of 
a small island, we were able, with difficulty, to 



418 ACTS 

secure the boat: and when they had hoisted it 
up, they used helps, under-girding the ship; 
and, fearing lest they should be cast upon the 
Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven. 
And as we laboured exceedingly with the storm, 
the next day they began to throw the freight 
overboard ; and the third day they cast out with 
their own hands the furniture of the ship. And 
when neither sun nor stars shone upon us for 
many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all 
hope that we should be saved was taken away. 

And when they had been long without food, 
then Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and 
said. Sirs, I exhort you to be of good cheer ! for 
there shall be no loss of life among you, but only 
of the ship. For there stood by me this night 
an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I 
serve, saying. Fear not, Paul! thou must stand 
before Caesar: and lo, God hath granted thee 
all them that sail with thee. Wherefore, sirs, 
be of good cheer ! for I believe God, that it shall 
be even so as it hath been spoken unto me. 
Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. 

But when the fourteenth night was come, as 
we were driven to and fro in the sea of Adria, 
about midnight the sailors surmised that they 
were drawing near to some country; and they 
sounded, and found twenty fathoms: and after 
a little space, they sounded again, and found fif- 
teen fathoms. And fearing lest haply we should 
be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four 
anchors from the stern, and wished for the day. 

And as the sailors were seeking to flee out of 



ACTS 419 

the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, 
under colour as though they would lay out an- 
chors from the foreship, Paul said to the cen- 
turion, and to the soldiers. Except these abide 
in the ship, ye cannot be saved. Then the sol- 
diers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let 
her fall off. 

And while the day was coming on, Paul be- 
sought them all to take some food, saying, This 
day is the fourteenth day that ye wait and 
continue fasting, having taken nothing. Where- 
fore I beseech you to take some food: for this 
is for your safety: for there shall not a hair 
perish from the head of any of you. And when 
he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave 
thanks to God in the presence of all: and he 
brake it, and began to eat. Then were they all 
of good cheer, and themselves also took food. 
And we were in all in the ship about threescore 
and sixteen souls. And when they had eaten 
enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out 
the wheat into the sea. 

And when it was day, they knew not the land : 
but they perceived a certain bay with a beach, 
and they took counsel whether they could drive 
the ship upon it. And casting off the anchors, 
they left them in the sea, at the same time loos- 
ing the bands of the rudders ; and hoisting up 
the foresail to the wind, they made for the 
beach. But lighting upon a place where two 
seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the 
foreship struck and remained unmoveable, but 
the stern began to break up by the violence of 



420 ACTS 

the waves. And the soldiers' counsel was, to 
kill the prisoners lest any of them should swim 
out, and escape. But the centurion, desiring to 
save Paul, stayed them from their purpose ; and 
commanded that they which could swim should 
cast themselves overboard, and get first to the 
land: and the rest, some on planks, and some on 
other things from the ship. And so it came to 
pass, that they all escaped safe to the land. 

ACTS XXVIII 

So it was that we came to Rome. And from 
thence the brethren, when they heard of us, came 
to meet us ; whom when Paul saw, he thanked 
God, and took courage. And when we entered 
into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners 
to the chief officer of the camp ; but Paul was 
suff*ered to abide by himself with the soldier that 
guarded him. 

And it came to pass, that after three days he 
called together those that were the chief of the 
Jews: and when they were come together, Paul 
said unto them, I, brethren, though I had done 
nothing against the people, or the customs of 
our fathers, yet was delivered prisoner from 
Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans: who, 
when they had examined me, desired to set me 
at liberty, because there was no cause of death 
in me. But when the Jews spake against it, I 
was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that 
I had aught whereof to accuse my nation. For 
this cause therefore did I call for you, to see and 
speak with you: for because of the hope of 
Israel I am bound with this chain. 



ACTS 421 

And they said unto him, We neither received 
letters from Judsea concerning thee, nor did any 
of the brethren come hither and report or speak 
any harm of thee. But we desire to hear of thee 
what thou thinkest : for as concerning this sect, 
it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken 
against. 

And when they had appointed him a day, they 
came to him into his lodging in great numbers. 
And he expounded to them the matter, testify- 
ing the kingdom of God, and persuading them 
concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses 
and from the prophets. And Paul abode two 
whole years in his own hired dwelling, and re- 
ceived all that went in unto him, preaching the 
kingdom of God, and teaching the things con- 
cerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, 
none forbidding him. 



THE EPISTLE OF PAUL 
TO THE ROMANS 

ROMANS I 

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be 
an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, 
which he promised afore by his prophets in the 
holy scriptures, concerning his Son, who ac- 
cording to the flesh was born of the family of 
David, who was declared to be God's Son with 
power according to the spirit of holiness; even 
Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we re- 
ceived grace and apostleship, unto obedience to 
the faith among all the nations, for his name's 
sake : among whom are ye also, called to be Jesus 
Christ's: to all that are in Rome, beloved of 
God, called to be saints : Grace to you and 
peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for 
you all, that your faith is proclaimed through- 
out the whole world. For God is my witness, 
whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his 
Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, al- 
ways in my prayers making request, if by any 
means now at length I may be prospered by the 
will of God to come unto you. For I long to 
see you, that I may impart unto you some spirit- 
ual gift, to the end ye may be established ; that 
is, that I with you may be comforted in you, 
each of us by the other's faith, both yours and 
mine. 

422 



ROMANS 423 



And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, 
that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you 
(and was hindered hitherto), that I might have 
some fruit among you also, even as among the 
rest of the Gentiles. For I am not ashamed of 
the gospel: for it is the power of God unto 
salvation to every one that believeth ; to the Jew 
first, and also to the Greek. I am debtor both 
to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise 
and to the foolish. So, as much as in me is, I 
am ready to preach the gospel to you also that 
are at Rome. 

ROMANS I, II 

Now I would not have you ignorant, that as 
many as hve without the written law shall be 
judged without the w^ritten law: and as many 
as live under the law shall be judged by the law; 
for not they who have heard the law are right- 
eous in the sight of God, but they who do the 
things of the law. When therefore Gentiles 
without the written law do by nature the things 
of the law, they are the law unto themselves ; 
in that they shew the work of the law written in 
their hearts, their conscience bearing witness 
therewith, and their thoughts accusing or else 
excusing them. For that which may be known 
of God is manifest in them ; God himself making 
it known unto them. For the invisible things 
of him since the creation of the world are clearly 
seen, being perceived through the things that 
are made, even his everlasting power and di- 
vinity. 



424 ROMANS 



But if thou that hast the written law restest 
upon the law, and boastest that thou knowest 
the will of God, and approvest the things that 
are excellent, being instructed out of the law, 
and art confident that thou thyself art a guide 
of the blind, a light for them that are in dark- 
ness, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of 
babes, having in thy law the full form and 
knowledge of the truth ; thou art without excuse, 
O man, whosoever thou art that judgest an- 
other. For if they that have not the written law 
yet keep the requirements of the law, shall not 
their obedience be reckoned for observance of the 
law? Shall not therefore they that do by na- 
ture the things of the law condemn thee, who 
with the letter of the law, art nevertheless a 
transgressor thereof? For he is not a keeper of 
the law, who is one outwardly; neither is the 
observance of the law that which is outward in 
the flesh : but he is a keeper of the law who is 
one inwardly; and whose observance is that of 
the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; whose 
praise is not of men, but of God. 

ROMANS III, V, X 

Now I would not have you ignorant, that 
apart from the ceremonies of the law, there hath 
been manifested a righteousness of God, being 
witnessed by the law and the prophets ; even the 
righteousness through faith, as it is written. The 
just shall live by faith. Wherefore a man is 
accounted righteous by his faith apart from the 
ceremonies of the law. 



ROMANS 425 



For Christ is the end of the law unto right- 
eousness to every one that beheveth. Moses in- 
deed writeth that the man that doeth the right- 
eousness which is of the law shall live thereby. 
But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh 
thus. Say not in thine heart. Who shall ascend 
into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down:) 
or, Who shall descend into the abyss? (that is, 
to bring Christ up from the dead.) But what 
saith it? The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, 
and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, 
which we preach. 

Being therefore justified by faith, we have 
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ ; 
through whom also we have had our access into 
this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in 
hope of the glory of God. And not only so, 
but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing 
that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, 
probation ; and probation, hope : and hope put- 
teth not to shame ; because the love of God hath 
been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy 
Spirit which is given unto us. 

ROMANS VII, VIII 
Galatians v 

Now we know that the law is spiritual: but 
I am carnal, yea, sold under sin. For that 
which I do, I know not: for not what I would, 
that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do. 
But if what I would not, that I do, I thereby 
consent unto the law that it is good. So now 
it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth 



426 ROMANS 



in me. For I know that in me, that is, in my 
flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is 
present with me, but to do that which is good is 
not. For the good which I would, I do not: 
but the evil which I would not, that I practise. 
But if what I would not, that I do, it is no more 
I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me. 

I find then the law, that, to me who would do 
good, evil is present. For I delight in the law 
of God after the inward man : but I see a differ- 
ent law in my members, warring against the law 
of mj'^ mind, and bringing me into captivity to 
the law of sin which is in my members. So 
then I myself with the mind, serve the law of 
God; but with the flesh, the law of sin. O 
wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me 
out of the body of this death? 

But thanks be to God through Jesus Christ 
our Lord! For there is no condemnation to 
them that are in Christ Jesus. For the law of 
the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me 
free from the law of sin and of death. For 
what the law could not do, in that it was weak 
through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in 
the likeness of sinful flesh, condemned sin in 
the flesh: that the law might be fulfilled in us, 
who walk not after the flesh, but after the 
Spirit. For they that are after the flesh, do 
mind the things of the flesh; but they that are 
after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For 
the mind of the flesh is death ; but the mind of 
the Spirit is life and peace. And ye are not in 
the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the 
Spirit of God dwelleth in you. 



ROMANS 427 



This I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall 
not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh 
lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against 
the flesh ; for these are contrary one to the other ; 
that ye may not do the things that ye would. 
But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under 
the law. For the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, 
peace, longsuff^ering, kindness, goodness, faith- 
fulness, meekness, self-control: against such 
there is no law. If we live by the Spirit, by the 
Spirit let us walk. 

And as many as shall walk according to this 
rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, from God 
our Father. 

ROMANS VIII 
I John iii 

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath 
bestowed upon us, that we should be called sons 
of God ! and such we are. For as many as are 
led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 
For ye received not the spirit of bondage again 
unto fear ; but ye received the spirit of adoption, 
whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit him- 
self beareth witness with our spirit, that we are 
children of God: and if children, then heirs; 
heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so 
be that we suff'er with him, that we may be also 
glorified with him. 

For I reckon that the suff^erings of this pres- 
ent time are not worthy to be compared with 
the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward. 
For the earnest expectation of the creation wait- 



428 ROMANS 



eth for the revealing of the sons of God. For 
the creation was held in subjection in hope that 
the creation itself also shall be delivered from 
the bondage of corruption into the glorious 
liberty of the sons of God. For we know that 
the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in 
pain together until now. And not only so, 
but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of 
the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within our- 
selves, waiting for our adoption, to wit, the re- 
demption of our body. For by hope were we 
saved: but hope that is seen is not hope; for 
what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 
But if we hope for that which we see not, then 
do we with patience wait for It. 

And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our 
infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we 
ought; but the Spirit himself maketh interces- 
sion for us with groanings which cannot be ut- 
tered; and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth 
what is the mind of the Spirit, because he mak- 
eth intercession for us according to the will of 
God. 

And we know that to them that love God all 
things work together for good, even to them that 
are called according to his purpose. For whom 
he foreknew, he also foreordained to be con- 
formed to the image of his Son, that he might 
be the firstborn among many brethren: and 
whom he foreordained, them he also called: and 
whom he called, them he also justified: and whom 
he justified, them he also glorified. 

What then shall we say to these things.'^ If 



ROMANS 429 



God is for us, who can be against us? Who 
shall separate us from the love of God? shall 
tribulation or anguish, or persecution or famine, 
or nakedness or peril or sword? Nay! in all 
these things we are more than conquerors 
through him that loveth us. For I am per- 
suaded, that neither death nor life, nor angels 
nor principalities nor powers, nor things present 
nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor 
any other creation, shall be able to separate us 
from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus 
our Lord. 

ROMANS X 

Matthew xxviii. I Corinthians viii. Ephesians iv 

To us there is one God, the Father, of whom 
are all things, and we unto him ; one Lord, one 
faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, 
who is over all, and through all, and in all. 
And there Is no distinction between Jew and 
Greek: for the same God is Lord of all, and is 
rich unto all that call upon him. 

But how shall they call on him in whom they 
have not believed? and how shall they believe in 
him whom they have not heard? and how shall 
they hear without a preacher? and how shall 
they preach, except they be sent? even as it is 
written : 

How beautiful upon the mountains 

Are the feet of him that bringeth good 

tidings. 
That proclaimeth peace. 
That bringeth glad tidings af good. 



430 ROMANS 



That publisheth salvation. 
That saith unto the people. Thy God 
reigneth ! 

Go ye therefore into all the world', and preach 
the good tidings, and make disciples of all na- 
tians : and lo, I am with you always, even unto 
the end of the world. 

ROMANS XII 
I Corinthians iii, viii. Galatians vi Philippians ii 

Now I say, through the grace that was given 
me, to every man that is among you, not to 
think of himself more highly than he ought to 
think ; but so to think as to think soberly. For 
if a man thinketh himself to be something when 
he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. But let 
each man prove himself, and then shall he have 
his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not 
of another. 

Let no man deceive himself. If any man 
thinketh that he is wise among you, let him be- 
come a fool, that he may become wise. For if 
any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he 
knoweth not yet as he ought to know. Be not 
wise in your own conceits ; but in lowliness of 
mind let each count other better than himself. 
Set not your mind on high things, but conde- 
scend to things that are lowly. Let this mind 
be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, 
being created in the image of God, counted not 
the being on an equality with God a prize to be 
grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form 



ROMANS 431 



of a serA^ant, being made in the likeness of men ; 
and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled 
himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, 
the death of the cross. Wherefore also God 
highl}'^ exalted him, and gave unto him the name 
which is above every name. 

ROMANS XII, XIII 

Finally, brethren, let love be without hypoc- 
risy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that 
which is good. In love of the brethren be ten- 
derly afFectioned one to another ; in honour pre- 
ferring one another; not slothful in business; 
fervent in spirit; serving the opportunity; re- 
joicing in hope; patient in tribulation; contin- 
uing stedf astly in prayer ; communicating to the 
necessities of the saints ; given to hospitality. 

Bless them that persecute you ; yea, bless, and 
curse not. Rejoice with them that rejoice; 
weep with them that weep. Be of the same mind 
one toward another. Render to no man evil 
for evil. Take thought for things honourable 
in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as 
much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men. 
Avenge not yourselves, but as it is written: 

If thine enemy hunger, feed him; 
And if he thirst, give him to drink. 

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with 
good. 

Owe no man anything, save to love one an- 
other: for he that loveth his neighbour hath 
fulfilled the law. For all the commandments are 



432 ROMANS 



summed up in this word, namely. Thou shalt 
love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no 
ill to his neighbour: love therefore is the fulfil- 
ment of the law. 

And this, knowing the season, that already it 
is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now 
is salvation nearer to us than when we first be- 
lieved. The night is far spent, and the day is 
at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of 
darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. 

ROMANS XIV 
I Corintiiians viii. Hebrews xiii 

If any man is weak in his faith, him receive 
ye ; but not for the decision of scruples. One 
man hath faith to eat all things: but he that 
is weak eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth 
set at nought him that eateth not; neither let 
him that eateth not sit in judgment upon him 
that eateth: for God hath received him. Who 
art thou that judgest the servant of another .^^ 
to his own lord he standeth or falleth. So also 
one man esteemeth one day above another: an- 
other esteemeth every day alike. He that re- 
gardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord: 
and he that eateth, eateth unto the Lord, for he 
giveth God thanks ; and he that eateth not, un- 
to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God 
thanks. 

Let each man therefore be fully assured in 
his own mind. It is good that the heart he es- 
tablished by grace, not by meats. For meat 
commendeth us not to God: neither, if we eat 



ROMANS 433 



not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the 
better. For the kingdom of God is not eating 
and drinking, but righteousness and peace and 
joy in the Holy Spirit. 

ROMANS XIV, XV 
I Corinthians xii. Philippians ii 

Now we that are strong ought to help them 
that are weak, and not to please ourselves. But 
let each one of us please his neighbour for that 
which is good for building him up : not looking 
each one to his own things, but each one also 
to the things of others. For none of us liveth 
to himself; but we are members one of another. 
And if one member suffereth, all the members 
suffer with it. 

So then let us follow after things which make 
for peace, and things whereby we may build up 
one another. For he that herein serveth his 
neighbour is well-pleasing to- God, and approved 
of men. Bear ye therefore one another's bur- 
dens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 



THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL 
TO THE CORINTHIANS 

I CORINTHIANS I 

Now the word of the cross Is to some foohsh- 
ness ; but unto us it is the power of God. For 
it is written: 

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, 
And will bring to nought the discernment of 
the prudent. 

Where is the wise? where is the scribe.? where 
is the disputer of this world? hath not God made 
foolish the wisdom of the world? For seeing 
that the world through its wisdom knew not God, 
it was God's good pleasure through the foolish- 
ness of preaching to save them that believe. For 
Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wis- 
dom : but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews 
a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolish- 
ness ; but unto them that are called, both Jews 
and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the 
wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of 
God is wiser than men; and the weakness of 
God is stronger than men. 

For ye behold your calling, brethren, that not 
many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not 
many noble, are called : but God chose the foolish 
things of the world, that he might put to shame 
them that are wise; and God chose the weak 
things of the world, that he might put to shame 

434 



I CORINTHIANS 435 

the things that are strong; and the base things 
of the world, and the things that are despised, 
did God choose, yea, the things that are not, that 
he might bring to nought the things that are: 
that no flesh should glory before God. But of 
him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto 
us wisdom from God, both righteousness and 
sanctification and redemption: that, according as 
it is written. 

He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 

I CORINTHIANS II 

Now I, brethren, when I came unto you, came 
not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, pro- 
claiming to you the testimony of God. And I 
was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in 
much trembling. And my speech and my 
preaching were not with enticing words of wis- 
dom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of 
power: that your faith should stand, not in the 
wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 

Howbeit among them that are fullgrown we 
do speak wisdom : yet a wisdom not of this world, 
nor of the rulers of this world, that come to 
nought: but we speak God's wisdom in a mys- 
tery, even the hidden wisdom, which God or- 
dained before the worlds unto our glory: as it 
is written: 

Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not. 
And which entered not into the heart of man, 
Even the things which God prepared for 
them that love him. 



436 I CORINTHIANS 

For unto us God revealed them through the 
Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things^ yea, 
the deep things of God. For who among men 
knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit 
of the man, which is in him? even so the things 
of God none knoweth, save the Spirit of God. 
But the unspiritual man receiveth not the things 
of the Spirit of God: for unto him they are 
foolishness; neither can he know them, because 
they are spiritually discerned. But he that is 
spiritual judgeth all things, and he himself is 
judged of no man. Now we have received, not 
the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which 
is from God ; that we may know the things that 
are freely given to us of God. Which things 
also' we speak, not in words which man's wisdom 
teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; inter- 
preting spiritual things to spiritual men. 

I CORINTHIANS I, III 

Now I beseech you, brethren, that ye be per- 
fected together in one mind, having the same 
spirit. For it hath been signified unto me 
that there are divisions among you. This I 
mean, that each one of you saith, I am of 
Paul; and I am of ApoUos; and I of Cephas; 
and I of Christ. Is Christ divided? was Paul 
crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the 
name of Paul? What then is ApoUos? and 
what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye be- 
lieved; and each as the Lord gave to him. I 
planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the in- 
crease. So then neither is he that planteth any- 



I CORINTHIANS 437 

thing, neither he that watereth; but God that 
giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and 
he that watereth are one: but each shall receive 
his own reward according to his own labour. 
For we are God's fellow-workers: ye are God's 
husbandry, God's building. 

According to the grace of God which was 
given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder I laid a 
foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But 
let each man take heed how he buildeth thereon. 
For other foundation can no man lay than that 
which is laid, even Jesus Christ. But if any 
man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, 
costly stones, wood, hay, stubble; each man's 
work shall be made manifest: for the day shall 
declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the 
fire itself shall prove each man's work of what 
sort it is. If any man's work shall abide which 
he built thereon, he shall receive reward. If 
any man's work shall be burned, he shall suff'er 
loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as 
through fire. 

Let nO' man deceive himself. If any man 
thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, 
let him become a fool, that he may become wise ! 
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with 
God. Wherefore let no one glory in men. For 
all things are yours ; whether Paul or ApoUos or 
Cephas ; or the world or life or death ; or things 
present or things to come; all are yours; and 
ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. 



438 I CORINTHIANS 

I CORINTHIANS VI 
Romans vi, xii. I Peter ii, iv 

I beseech you, as sojourners and pilgrims, 
to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against 
the soul. For the body is not for sin, but for 
the Lord ; and the Lord for the body. Or know 
ye not that your body is a temple of God, and 
that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you.'^ And 
the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. 
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, 
that ye should obey the lusts thereof: neither 
present your bodies unto sin as instruments of 
unrighteousness ; but present y6urselves unto 
God, and your members as instruments of right- 
eousness unto him. 

For know ye not, that to whom ye present 
yourselves as servants unto obedience, his ser- 
vants ye are whom ye obey ; whether of sin unto 
death, or of obedience unto righteousness.'^ For 
if ye be servants of sin, ye are without right- 
eousness ; but if ye become servants of God, ye 
have your fruit unto holiness, and the end life 
eternal. 

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mer- 
cies of God, to present your bodies a living sac- 
rifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your 
reasonable service. For ye are not your own; 
but ye were bought with a price : therefore glo- 
rify God in your body, and in your spirit, which 
are God's. Arm yourselves with this mind, and 
ye shall no longer live to the lusts of men, but to 
the will and glory of God. 



I CORINTHIANS 439 

I CORINTHIANS VIII 

Now concerning things offered in sacrifice un- 
to idols : We know that we all have knowledge. 
Knowledge pufFeth up, but love buildeth up. 
If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, 
he knoweth not yet as he ought to know; but 
if any man loveth God, the same is known of 
him. 

Concerning therefore the eating of things sac- 
rificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything 
in the world, and that there is no God but one. 
For though there be that are called gods, yet 
to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are 
all things, and we unto him. Howbeit there is 
not in all men this knowledge: but some, being 
used until now to the idol, eat as of a thing sac- 
rificed to an idol ; and their conscience being weak 
is defiled. But meat commendeth us not to God : 
neither, if we eat not, are we the worse ; nor, if 
we eat, are we the better. 

But take heed lest by any means this liberty 
of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak. 
For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting 
at meat in an idol's temple, will not his con- 
science, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things 
sacrificed unto idols? Through thy knowledge 
shall he that is weak perish, the brother for 
whose sake Christ even died? And thus, sinning 
against the brethren, and wounding their con- 
science when it is weak, ye sin against Christ. 
Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stum- 
ble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause 
not my brother to stumble. 



440 I CORINTHIANS 

I CORINTHIANS IX 
Romans xiv. Philippians iii. II Timothy ii. Hebrews xii 

My defence to them that examine me is this: 
Am I not a free man? Have I not the right to 
eat and drink ? All things are lawful for me ; 
but not all things are profitable. All things 
are indeed lawful for me; but I will not be 
brought under the power of any. 

Yea, though I am free, I bring myself under 
bondage, that I may gain the more. I suffer 
hardship, as a good soldier. Now no soldier 
on service entangleth himself in the affairs of 
life; that he may please him who enrolled him 
as a soldier. Or know ye not that they that 
run in a race run all, but one receiveth the 
prize .f^ And every one that striveth for mas- 
tery in the games exerciseth self-control in all 
things. I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; 
so fight I, as not beating the air: but I buffet 
my body, and bring it into bondage ; lest by any 
means, after that I have been a herald to others, 
I myself should be rejected. 

Let us therefore, as many as would be perfect, 
be thus minded. Let us lay aside every en- 
cumbrance, and the sin which doth closely cling 
to us, and let us run with stedfastness the race 
that is set before us. 

I CORINTHIANS XII 
Romans xii. I Peter iv 

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I 
would not have you ignorant. For there are 



I CORINTHIANS 441 

diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And 
there are diversities of ministrations, and the 
same Lord. And there are diversities of work- 
ings, but the same God, who worketh all things 
in all. But to each one is given the manifesta- 
tion of the Spirit to profit withal. For to one is 
given through the Spirit the word of wisdom; 
and to another the word of knowledge, accord- 
ing to the same Spirit: to another faith, in the 
same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, 
in the one Spirit; and to another workings of 
signs ; and to another prophecy ; and to another 
discernings of spirits: to another divers kinds 
of tongues: but all these worketh the one and 
the same Spirit, dividing to each one severally 
even as he will. 

According therefore as God hath distributed 
to each man, as each hath received the gift, 
minister it among yourselves, as good stewards 
of the manifold grace of God. And having 
gifts differing according to the grace that was 
given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy 
according to the proportion of our faith; he 
that teacheth, let him give himself to his teach- 
ing ; he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity ; 
he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth 
mercy, with cheerfulness ; if any man speaketh, 
speaking as it were oracles of God ; if any man 
ministereth, ministering as of the strength which 
God supplieth: that in all things God may be 
glorified,^wliose is the power and the dominion for 
e^'Cr and ever. 



442 I CORINTHIANS 

I CORINTHIANS VII, XII 

Now ye are the body of Christ, and members 
thereof each in his part. And as the body is 
one, and hath many members, and all the mem- 
ber^ have not the same office : so also is Christ. 

For the body is not one member, but many. 
If the foot shall say. Because I am not the hand, 
I am not of the body ; it is not therefore not of 
the body. And if the ear shall say. Because I 
am not the eye, I am not of the body ; it is 
not therefore not of the body. If the whole 
body were an eye, where were the hearing? 
If the whole were hearing, where were the smell- 
ing? But now hath God set the members each 
one of them in the body, even as it pleased him. 
And if they were all one member, where were 
the body? But now they are many members, 
but one body. And the eye cannot say to the 
hand, I have no need of thee : or again the head 
to the feet, I have no need of you. Nay, much 
rather, those members of the body which seem to 
be more feeble are necessary : and those parts of 
the body, which we think to be less honourable, 
upon those we now bestow more abundant hon- 
our; and so our uncomely parts come to have 
more abundant comeliness, while yet our comely 
parts suffer no lack. For God hath tempered 
the body together, that there should be no 
schism in the body ; but that the members should 
have the same care one for another. And 
whether one member sufFereth, all the members 
suffer with it; or one member is honoured, all 
the members rejoice with it. 



I CORINTHIANS 443 

Even so, ye are the body of Christ, and sever- 
ally members thereof. And God hath set some 
in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, 
thirdly teachers, then powers, then gifts of heal- 
ings, helps, wise counsels, divers kinds of 
tongues. Are all apostles? are all prophets? 
are all teachers? are all workers of powers? have 
all gifts of healings ? do all speak with tongues ? 
do all interpret? But as the Lord hath dis- 
tributed to each man, as God hath called each, 
even so let him walk. 

I CORINTHIANS XIII 

Though I speak with the tongues of men and 
of angels, but have not love, I am become sound- 
ing brass, or a clanging cymbal. And though 
I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all 
mysteries and all knowledge; and though I have 
all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but 
have not love, I am nothing. And though I 
bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though 
I give my body to be burned, but have not love, 
it profiteth me nothing. 

Love sufFereth long, and is kind ; love envieth 
not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 
doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its 
own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 
rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth 
with the truth; beareth all things, believeth all 
things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 

Love never faileth: but whether there be 
prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be 
tongues, they shall cease \ whether there be know- 



444 I CORINTHIANS 

ledge, it shall be done away. For we know in 
part, and we prophesy in part: but when that 
which is perfect is come, that which is in part 
shall be done away. When I was a child, I 
spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as 
a child : now that I am become a man, I have put 
away childish things. For now we see in a 
mirror, darkly ; but then face to face : now I 
know in part ; but then shall I know even as also 
I have been known. And now abideth faith, 
hope, love, these three ; and the greatest of these 
is love. 

I CORINTHIANS XIV 

Desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but rather 
that ye may prophesy. For he that speaketh in 
a tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God ; 
for no man understandeth ; howbeit in the spirit 
he speaketh mysteries. But he that prophesieth 
speaketh unto men edification, and comfort, and 
consolation. He that speaketh in a tongue edi- 
fieth himself ; but he that prophesieth edifieth the 
church. Wherefore greater is he that prophe- 
sieth than he that speaketh with tongues. 

For if I come unto you speaking with tongues, 
what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you 
either by way of revelation, or of knowledge, or 
of prophesying, or of teaching? Even things 
without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or 
harp, if they give not a distinction in the sounds, 
how shall it be known what is piped or harped.'^ 
For if the trumpet give an uncertain voice, who 
shall prepare himself for war? So also ye, un- 
less by the tongue ye utter speech easy to' be 



I CORINTHIANS 445 

understood, how shall it be known what is 
spoken? for ye will be speaking into the air. 
There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices 
in the world, and no kind is without significa- 
tion. If then I know not the meaning of the 
voice, I shall be to him that speaketh a barba- 
rian, and he that speaketh will be a barbarian 
unto me. 

What is it then.f^ I will pray with the spirit, 
and I will pray with the understanding also; 
I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with 
the understanding also. I thank God, I also 
speak with tongues: howbeit in the church I 
had rather speak five words with my understand- 
ing, that I might instruct others also, than ten 
thousand words in. a tongue! Brethren, be not 
children in mind : yet in malice be ye babes, but 
in mind be men. For if the whole church be 
assembled together, and all speak with tongues, 
and there come in men unlearned or unbelieving, 
will they not say that ye are mad? But if ye 
prophesy, and there come in one unbelieving or 
unlearned, he is reproved by all, he is judged 
by all; the secrets of his heart are made mani- 
fest ; and so will he fall down on his face and 
worship, declaring that God is among you in- 
deed. 

I CORINTHIANS XV 

Now if Christ is preached that he hath been 
raised from the dead, how say some among you 
that there is no resurrection of the dead? If 
there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ 
hath not been raised: and if Christ hath not 



446 I CORINTHIANS 

been raised, then, is our preaching vain, your 
faith also is vain ! Yea, and we are found false 
witnesses of God; because we witnessed of God 
that he raised up the Christ : whom he raised not 
up, if so be that the dead are not raised. For 
if the dead are not raised, neither hath Christ 
been raised: and if Christ hath not been raised, 
your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 
Then they also' that are fallen asleep in Christ 
have perished! If in this life only we have 
hoped in Christ, we are of all men most pitia- 
ble. 

But Christ hath been raised from the dead! 
the firstfruits of them that are asleep. For 
since by man came death, by man came also the 
resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all 
die, so also in the Christ shall all be made alive. 
But each in his own order : Christ the firstfruits ; 
then they that are Christ's. And he shall de- 
liver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; 
when he shall have abolished all rule and all 
authority and power. For he must reign, till 
he hath put all his enemies under his feet. And 
death, the last enemy, shall also be abolished ; for 
it is written: 

All things hath he put in subjection under his 
feet. 

When therefore he shall have said. All things 
are put in subjection; when, I say, all things 
have been subjected unto him, then shall the 
Son also be subjected to God that subjecteth all 
things unto him, and God shall be all in all. 



I CORINTHIANS 447 

I CORINTHIANS XV 
I Corinthians v 

Now some one will say, How are the dead 
raised? and with what manner of body do they 
come? Thou foolish one, that which thou thy- 
self sowest is not quickened, except it die: and 
that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body 
that is to be, but the bare grain, it may chance 
of wheat, or of some other kind ; but God giveth 
it a body even as it pleased him, and to each 
seed a body of its own. All flesh is not the 
same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, and 
another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of 
birds, and another of fishes. There are also 
celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the 
glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the 
terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the 
sun, and another glory of the moon, and another 
glory of the stars; for one star diff*ereth from 
another star in glory. 

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It 
is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorrup- 
tion: it is sown in dishonour; it is raised in 
glory : it is sown in weakness ; it is raised in 
power: it is sown a physical body; it is raised 
a spiritual body. For as there is a physical 
body, so also is there a spiritual body. How- 
beit that is not first which is spiritual, but that 
which is physical; then that which is spiritual. 
The first is of the earth, earthy: the second is 
of heaven. And as we have borne the image 
of the earthy, so shall we also bear the image of 



448 I CORINTHIANS 

the heavenly. For we know that if the earthly 
house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a 
building from God, a house not made with 
hands, eternal, in the heavens. 



THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL 
TO THE CORINTHIANS 

II CORINTHIANS III, IV 
I Corinthians iv 

Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of 
Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to ac- 
count anything as from ourselves ; but our suffi- 
ciency is from God; who also made us sufficient 
as ministers of a new covenant ; not of the letter, 
but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the 
spirit giveth life. 

For if the ministration of death, written and 
engraven on stones, came with glory, sO' that the 
children of Israel could not look stedfastly up- 
on the face of Moses for the glory of his coun- 
tenance ; which glory was to pass away : how shall 
not rather the ministration of the spirit be with 
glory! For if the ministration of condemna- 
tion hath glory, much more doth the ministra- 
tion of righteousness exceed in glory. Yea, 
that which was counted glorious is now seen to 
have less glory, by reason of the glory that 
surpasseth. For if that was glorious which was 
to pass away, much more is that glorious which 
abideth for ever. And having such a hope, we 
use great boldness of speech, and are not as 
Moses, who put a veil upon his face. For 
where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 
And we all, with unveiled face reflecting as a 
449 



450 II CORINTHIANS 

mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed 
into the same image from glory to glory, even 
as from the Lord the Spirit. 

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even 
as we obtained mercy, we faint not : but we have 
renounced the hidden things of shame, not walk- 
ing in craftiness, nor handling the word of God 
deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the 
truth commending ourselves to every man's con- 
science in the sight of God. But if our gospel 
is veiled, it is veiled in them whose mind the 
god of this world hath blinded, lest the light of 
the gospel of the glory of Christ should dawn 
upon them. For we preach not ourselves, but 
Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your 
servants for liis sake. Seeing it is God, that 
said. Light shall shine out of darkness, who 
shined in our hearts, to- give the light of the 
knowledge of the glory of God in the face of 
Jesus Christ. 

II CORINTHIANS IV, V 
I Corinthians iv, xv 

Now if in this life only we have hope, then 
are we of all men most pitiable. For unto this 
present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and 
are naked, and are buffeted, and have no cer- 
tain dwelling-place. Yea, we have within us 
as it were sentence of death ; that we should not 
trust in ourselves, but in God who' raiseth the 
dead. We are pressed on every side, yet not 
straitened ; perplexed, yet not unto despair ; 
pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet 



II CORINTHIANS 451 

not destroyed ; always bearing about in the body 
the dying of Jesus, knowing that he that raised 
up Jesus shall raise up us also. 

For this cause we faint not; but though our 
outward man is decaying, yet our inward man 
is being renewed day by day. And I reckon 
that the sufferings of this present time are not 
worthy to be compared with the glory which 
shall be revealed to us. For our light afflict- 
tion, which is for the moment, worketh for us 
more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of 
glory; while we look not at the things which 
are seen, but at the things which are not seen: 
for the things which are seen are temporal; but 
the things which are not seen are eternal. 

For we know that if the earthly house of our 
tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from 
God, a house not m^de with hands, eternal, in 
the heavens. For verily in this we groan, long- 
ing to be clothed upon with our habitation which 
is from heaven: if so be that being clothed, 
we shall not be found naked! For indeed we 
that are in this tabernacle do groan, being bur- 
dened; not for that we would be unclothed, but 
that we would be clothed upon, that what is 
mortal may be swallowed up of life. Now he 
that wrought us for this very thing is God, 
who also hath given unto us the earnest of the 
Spirit. 

Therefore we are always of good courage, 
knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, 
we are absent from the Lord (for we walk by 
faith, not by appearance) ; we are of good 



452 II CORINTHIANS 

courage, I say, and are willing rather to be 
absent from the body, and to be at home with 
the Lord. Wherefore also we make it our aim, 
whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing 
unto him. 

II CORINTHIANS V, VI 
I Corinthians iv 

Let a man so account of us, as of minis- 
ters of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries 
of God. For all things are of God, who recon- 
ciled us to himself through Christ, and gave 
unto us the ministry of reconciliation ; to wit, 
that God was in Christ reconciling the world 
unto himself, not reckoning unto them their 
trespasses, and having committed unto us the 
word of reconciliation. 

We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of 
Christ, as though God were entreating by us: 
we beseech you on behalf of Christ, be ye rec- 
onciled to God. And working together with 
him, we entreat also- that ye receive not the grace 
of God in vain : giving no occasion of stumbling 
in anything, that our ministration be not blamed ; 
but in everything commending ourselves, as min- 
isters of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in 
necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprison- 
ments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in 
fastings ; in pureness, in knowledge, in long- 
suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit ; in 
love unfeigned, in the word of truth, in the 
power of God; by the armour of righteousness 
on the right hand and on the left, by honour 



II CORINTHIANS 453 

and dishonour, by evil report and good report; 
as deceivers, and yet true ; as unknown, and yet 
well known ; as dying, and behold, we live ; as 
chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet 
always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many 
rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all 
things. 

II CORINTHIANS VIII, IX 

Now concerning the collection for the breth- 
ren, it is superfluous for me to write to you: 
for I know your readiness, whereof I glory. 
But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and 
utterance, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, 
see that ye abound in this grace also. For the 
ministration of this service not only fiUeth up the 
measure of their wants, but aboundeth also 
through m.any thanksgivings unto God: seeing 
that through the proving of you by this minis- 
tration they glorify God for the obedience of 
your confession unto the gospel. I speak not 
by way of commandment, but as proving the 
sincerity of your love. For this is fitting for 
you, not only tO' do, but continually to be will- 
ing to do. Wherefore shew ye unto all the 
churches the proof of your love. 

And this I say, brethren, not that others may 
be eased, and ye burdened: but for the sake of 
equality; your present abundance being a sup- 
ply for their pressing want, that their abundance 
also may become a supply for that wherein ye 
may want ; that there may be equality, even as 
it is written, He that gathered much had noth- 



454 II CORINTHIANS 

ing over; and he that gathered Httle had no 
lack. But this also I say, He that soweth spar- 
ingly shall reap sparingly; and he that soweth 
bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 

According therefore as each of you hath pros- 
pered, as each man hath purposed in his heart, 
so let him give; not grudgingly, or of neces- 
sity : for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God 
Is able to make all grace rebound unto you ; that 
ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, 
may abound unto every good work : as it is writ- 
ten: 

He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the 

poor ; 
His righteousness abideth for ever. 

Now he that supplieth seed to the sower and 
bread for food, shall supply and multiply your 
seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your 
righteousness: ye being enriched in everything 
unto all liberality, which worketh through us 
thanksgiving to God. 

II CORINTHIANS XI, XII 
Galatians vi 

Now if any man have whereof to boast, so 
also have I. Whereinsoever any is bold, might 
I be bold also. Are they ministers of Christ.? 
I more; in labours more abundantly, in prisons 
more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in 
deaths oft! Of the Jews five times received I 
the forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten 
with rods, once was I stoned, thrice did I suffer 



II CORINTHIANS 455 

shipwreck, a night and a day have I been in the 
deep; in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, 
in perils of robbers, in perils from my country- 
men, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the 
city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the 
sea, in perils among false brethren; in labour 
and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and 
thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 
Besides those things that are without, there is 
that which weigheth upon me daily, anxiety for 
all the churches. 

But far be it from me to glory, save in the 
cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, whereby the 
world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto 
the world. Or if I must needs glory, I will 
glory of the things which concern my weakness. 
And lest I should be exalted overmuch, there 
was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger 
of Satan to buff*et me, that I should not be ex- 
alted overmuch. Concerning this thing I be- 
sought the Lord thrice, that it might depart 
from me. And he hath said unto me. My grace 
is sufficient for thee ; for my power is made per- 
fect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I 
rather glory in my weaknesses, that the strength 
of Christ may rest upon me. Wherefore I take 
pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessi- 
ties, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's 
sake : for when I am weak, then am, I strong. 



THE EPISTLE OF PAUL 
TO THE GALATIANS 

GALATIANS III, IV, V 

Now I would not have you ignorant, that be- 
fore the faith came, we were kept in ward under 
the law of commandments and ordinances, shut 
up unto the faith which should afterwards be 
revealed. So that the law hath been our tutor 
to bring us to Christ. But now that faith is 
come, we are no longer under a tutor. For in 
Christ Jesus ye are all sons of God through 
faith. 

But I say that so- long as he is a child, the 
son differ eth not from a servant, though he is 
heir of all ; but is under guardians and stewards 
until the term appointed of his father. Even 
so we also, when we were children, were held in 
bondage under the law: but when the fulness 
of the time came, God sent forth his Son, bom 
under the law, that he might release them that 
were under the law, that we might receive our 
inheritance as sons. And because ye are sons, 
God sent forth his Spirit into- our hearts, crying, 
Abba, Father. So then, brethren, we are not 
under the law, but under grace. Yea, Christ 
hath made us free from the law, that we should 
serve, not in oldness of the letter, but in newness 
of the spirit. 

Stand fast therefore In the freedom wherewith 
Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled 

456 



GALATIANS 457 



again in a yoke of bondage. For, brethren, 
ye were called for freedom ; only use not your 
freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through 
love be servants one to another. For in Christ 
Jesus nought availeth anything, save faith work- 
ing through love. 

GALATIANS V, VI 

This I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall 
not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh 
lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against 
the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the 
other; that ye may not do the things that ye 
would. But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are 
not under the law. For the fruit of the Spirit 
is love, joy, peace, longsuff*ering, kindness, good- 
ness, faithfulness, meekness, self-control; against 
such there is no law. And they that are of 
Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the 
passions and the lusts thereof. 

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for 
whatsoever a man soweth, that^all he also reap. 
For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of 
the flesh reap corruption ; but he that soweth un- 
to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life eternal. 
And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in 
due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 

If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us 
also walk. And as many as shall walk by this 
rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, from God 
our Father. 



THE EPISTLE OF PAUL 
TO THE EPHESIANS 

EPHESIANS II, III 

Acts ix. Colossians i 

I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in be- 
half of you Gentiles, make known unto you 
the mystery which in other generations was not 
made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now 
been revealed unto' his holy apostles and prophets 
in the Spirit; to wit, that the Gentiles are fel- 
low-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and 
fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus : 
for he hath made no distinction between us and 
them, cleansing their hearts by faith. And 
you, who in time past were alienated and enemies 
in your mind, hath he now reconciled, to present 
you holy and without blemish and unreprovable 
before him : if so be that ye continue in the faith, 
grounded and stedf ast, and not moved away from 
the hope of the gospel. 

Wherefore remember that aforetime ye, the 
Gentiles in the flesh, were separate from Christ, 
alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and 
strangers from the covenants of the promise, 
having no hope and without God in the world. 
But now ye that once were far off^ are made 
nigh in Christ Jesus. For he Is our peace, who 
made both one, and brake down the middle wall 
of partition, having abolished in his life the 
enmity, even the law of commandments con- 

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tained in ordinances ; that he might create in 
himself of the twain one new man, so making 
peace; and might reconcile them both in one 
body unto God through the cross, having slain 
the enmity thereby. And he came and pro- 
claimed good tidings of peace to you that were 
far off, and to them that were nigh; so that 
through him we both have our access in one 
Spirit unto the Father. 

EPHESIANS IV 
Colossians ii 

I beseech you to walk worthily of the calling 
wherewith ye were called, with all lowliness and 
meekness, with longsufFering, forbearing one an- 
other in love ; giving diligence to keep the unity 
of the Spirit in the bond of peace. For there is 
one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were 
called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, 
one faith, one baptism, one God and Father 
of all, who is over all, and through all, and in 
aU. 

But unto each one of us was the grace given 
according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 
And he gave some to be apostles ; and some, 
prophets ; and some, evangelists ; and some, pas- 
tors and teachers; for the perfecting of the 
saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the 
building up of the body of Christ: till we all 
attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the 
knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown 
man, unto the measure of the stature of the ful- 
ness of Christ: that we may be no longer chil- 



460 EPHESIANS 



dren, tossed to and fro and carried about with 
.every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, 
in craftiness, after the wiles of error ; but speak- 
ing truth in love, may grow up in all things 
into' him, who is the head, even Christ; from 
whom all the body fitly framed and knit to- 
gether through that which every joint supplieth, 
according to the working in due measure of 
each several part, maketh the increase of the 
body unto the building up of itself in love. 

As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the 
Lord, so walk in him, rooted and builded up in 
him, and established in your faith ; increasing 
in the knowledge of God, and bearing fruit in 
every good word and work. 

EPHESIANS IV, V 

This I say, and testify in the Lord, that ye 
no longer walk as some walk, in the vanity of 
their mind, being darkened in their understand- 
ing, alienated from the life of God because of 
the ignorance that is in them. But ye did not 
so learn Christ ; if so be that ye heard him, and 
were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus, 
that ye should put away, as concerning your 
former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth 
corrupt after the lusts of deceit ; and that ye 
should be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 
and put on the new man that is after God, 
created in righteousness and holiness of truth. 

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye 
truth each one with his neighbour: for we are 
members one of another. Let not the sun go 



EPHESIANS 461 

down upon your wrath: neither give place to 
evil. Let him that stole steal no more: but 
rather let him labour, working with his own 
hands the thing that is good, that he may have 
whereof to give to him that hath need. Let 
no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, 
but such as is good for edifying, that it may 
give grace to them that hear. And grieve not 
the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed 
unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, 
and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and railing, 
be put away from you, with all malice: and be 
ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiv- 
ing each other, even as God also in Christ for- 
gave you. 

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved 
children; and walk in love. For ye were once 
darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk 
as children of the light (for the fruit of the 
light is in all goodness and righteousness and 
truth), proving what is well-pleasing unto the 
Lord ; giving thanks always for all things unto 
God the Father; and subjecting yourselves one 
to another in the love of Christ. 

EPHESIANS VI 
II Corinthians x 

Thou therefore, my son, be sober in all things, 
and suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier: 
fight the good fight, the fight of faith. 

Be strong therefore in the Lord, and in the 
strength of his might. Put on the whole armour 
of God, that ye may be able to stand against 



462' EPHESIANS 



the wiles of the adversary. For our wrestling 
is not against flesh and blood, but against the 
principalities, against the powers, against the 
world-rulers of this darkness, against the spirit- 
ual hosts of wickedness in high places. Where- 
fore take up the whole armour of God, that ye 
may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, 
having overcome all, to stand. 

Stand therefore, having girded your loins 
with truth, and having put on the breastplate of 
righteousness, and having shod your feet with 
the equipment of the gospel of peace; over all 
taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall 
be able to quench all the fiery darts of the ad- 
versary. And take the helmet of salvation, and 
the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of 
God: with all prayer and supplication praying 
at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching there- 
unto in all perseverance. 

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not 
war after the flesh: for the weapons of our 
w^arf are are not carnal, but mighty through God 
to the pulling down of strongholds; casting 
doAvn imaginations, and every high thing that 
exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, 
and bringing into captivity every thought to 
the obedience of Christ. 



THE EPISTLE OF PAUL 
TO THE PHILIPPIANS 

PHILIPPIANS I, II, IV 

Now I would have you know, brethren, that 
the things which happened unto me have fallen 
out rather unto the progress of the gospel; so 
that my bonds became manifest in Christ 
throughout the whole praetorian guard, and to 
all the rest ; and that most of the brethren in the 
Lord being made confident through my bonds, 
are more abundantly bold to speak the word 
of God without fear. Some indeed preach Christ 
even of envy and strife; and some also of good 
will : they that are moved by love do it, knowing 
that I am set for the defence of the gospel ; but 
they that are factious proclaim Christ, not sin- 
cerely, thinking to raise up affliction for me in 
my bonds. What then? only that in every way, 
whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is pro- 
claimed; and therein I rejoice. Yea, and if I 
am poured out as a drink-offering upon the 
sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and 
rejoice with you all. 

For I know that this shall turn to my salva- 
tion, through your supplication and the supply 
of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my 
earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing 
shall I be put to shame, but that with all bold- 
ness, as always, so now also Christ shall be 
magnified in my body, whether by life or by 
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464 PHILIPPIANS 

death. For with me to live is Christ, and to die 
is gain. But if to Hve in the flesh,: — if this 
shall bring fruit from my work, then what I 
shall choose I know not. But I am in a strait 
betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and 
be with Christ; for it is very far better: yet 
to abide in the flesh is more needful for your 
sake. And having this confidence, I know that 
I shall abide, yea, and abide with you all, for 
your progress and joy in the faith; that your 
glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me 
through my presence with you again. Only 
let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel 
of Christ: that, whether I come and see you or 
be absent, I may hear of you, that ye are stand- 
ing fast in one spirit, with one soul striving 
for the faith of the gospel. 

But I rejoice meantime that ye have revived 
your thought for me. Not that I speak in 
respect of want: for I have learned, in what- 
soever state I am, therein to be content. I know 
how to be abased, and I know also how to 
abound: I have been fully initiated into the 
secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both 
to abound and to be in want. I can do all 
things in him that strengtheneth me. Howbeit 
ye did well that ye had fellowship with my 
affliction. And my God shall supply your every 
need according to- his riches in glory in Christ 

Jesus. 

PHILIPPIANS II, IV 

If now there is any comfort in Christ, if any 
consolation of love, if any fellowship of the 



PHILIPPIANS 465 

Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, 
fulfil ye my joy, that ye be of the same mind, 
having the same love, being of one accord, of 
one mind; doing nothing through faction or 
through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind 
each counting other better than himself; not 
looking each of you to his own things, but each 
of you also to the tilings of others. 

Let this mind be in you, which was in Christ 
Jesus: who, being created in the image of God, 
counted not the being on an equality with God 
a prize to be grasped, but emptied himself, tak- 
ing the form of a servant, being made in the 
hkeness of men; and being found in fashion as 
a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient 
even unto death, yea, the death of the cross. 
Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and 
gave unto him the name which is above every 
name. 

So then, my beloved, even as ye have always 
obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now 
much more in my absence, work out your own 
salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God 
who worketh in you both to will and to work, 
for his good pleasure. Do' all things without 
murmurings and disputings; that ye may be 
blameless and harmless, children of God with- 
out blemish in the midst of a crooked and per- 
verse generation, among whom ye are seen as 
lights in the world, holding forth the word of 
life. 

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, 
whatsoever things are honourable, whatsoever 



466 PHILIPPIANS 

things are just, whatsoever things are pure, 
whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things 
are of good report; if there be any virtue, and 
if there be any praise, think on these things. 
The things which ye both learned and received, 
these things do: and the God of peace shall be 
with you. 

PHILIPPIANS III 

We worship by the Spirit of God, and glory 
in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the 
things of the flesh. Yet I myself might have 
confidence even in the flesh: if any other man 
seemeth to have ground for confidence in the 
flesh, I yet more: of the stock of Israel, of the 
tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as 
touchings the law, a Pharisee ; as touching zeal, 
persecuting the church; as touching the right- 
eousness which is in the law, found blameless. 

Howbeit what things were gains to me, these 
have I counted loss for Christ. Yea verily, and 
I count all things to be loss for the excellency 
of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for 
whom I suff*ered the loss of all things, and do 
count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ, 
and be found in him, not having as my right- 
eousness that which is of the law, but that which 
is through faith in Christ: that I may know 
him, and the power of his resurrection, and the 
fellowship of his suff^erings, becoming conformed 
unto his death; if by any means I may attain 
unto the resurrection from the dead. 

Not that I have already obtained, or am al- 



PHILIPPIANS 467 

ready made perfect : but I press on, if so be that 
I may lay hold of the prize for which also 
Christ has laid hold of me. For, brethren, I 
count not myself yet to have laid hold of it : but 
one thing I do, forgetting the things which are 
behind, and stretching forward to the things 
which are before, I press on toward the goal 
unto the prize of the high calling of God in 
Christ Jesus. 

Let us therefore, as many as would be per- 
fect, be thus minded : and if in anything ye are 
otherwise minded, even this shall God reveal to 
you: only whereunto we have already attained, 
by that same rule let us walk. 



THE EPISTLE OF PAUL 
TO THE COLOSSIANS 

COLOSSIANS I 
Ephesians iii 

Now I make known unto you the gospel 
whereof I was made a minister, according to the 
stewardship of God which was entrusted to me, 
to fulfil the word of God, even the mystery which 
hath been hid for ages and generations. But 
now hath it been manifested to his saints, to 
whom God was pleased to make known what is 
the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is, 
Christ in you the hope of glory. And this we 
proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching 
every man in all wisdom, that we may present 
every man perfect in Christ. 

For this cause I bow my knees unto the 
Father, from whom every family in heaven and 
on earth is named, that he would grant you, 
according to the riches of his glory, that ye 
may be strengthened with power through his 
Spirit in the inward man; that Christ may 
dwell in your hearts through faith; to' the end 
that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may 
be strong to apprehend with all the saints what 
is the breadth and length and height and depth, 
and to know the love of Christ which passeth 
knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the ful- 
ness of God. 

For this cause also we cease not to pray and 
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COLOSSIANS 469 



make request for you, that ye may be filled mth 
the knowledge of his Avill in all spiritual wisdom 
and understanding, to walk worthily of the 
Lord, bearing fruit in every good work, and 
increasing in the knowledge of God ; strengiih- 
ened with all power, according to the might of 
his glory, unto all stedfastness and longsuf- 
f ering with j oy ; giving thanks unto the Father, 
who delivered us out of the power of darkness, 
and made us meet to be partakers of the in- 
heritance of the saints in light. 

COLOSSIANS II 

II Corinthians xi. Galatians v. Hebrews xiii 

Take heed, brethren, lest by any means your 
minds be corrupted from the simplicity and the 
purity that is toward Christ. Let no one rob 
you of your prize, priding himself on his hu- 
mility and his worship of the angels, and tak- 
ing his stand on the visions he has seen, being 
vainly puffed up by his fleshy mind. 

This I say, that no man may delude you with 
persuasiveness of speech, after the precepts and 
doctrines of men ; but that you may continue 
in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not 
moved away from^ the hope of the gospel. Be- 
ware lest there shall be any one that maketh 
spoil of you through his philosophy and vain 
deceit, after the tradition of men, and not after 
Christ. Be not carried away by divers and 
strange teachings: for it is good that the heart 
be established by grace ; not by things wherein 
they that occupied themselves were not profited. 



470 COLOSSIANS 



For in Christ Jesus nought availeth anything, 
save faith working through love. 

Stand fast therefore in the freedom where- 
with Christ hath made you free, and be not en- 
tangled in any yoke of bondage. For, brethren, 
ye were called for freedom; only use not your 
freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through 
love be servents one to- another. 

COLOSSIANS III 
Romans vi. Ephesians ii, iv 

Now you, who were dead through your tres- 
passes and sins, wherein ye once walked ac- 
cording toi the fashion of this world, doing the 
desires of the flesh and of the mind, hath God, 
being rich in mercy, for his great love where- 
with he loved us, made alive together with Christ, 
and raised up with him, and made to sit with him 
in heavenly places, in Christ Jesus. Wherefore 
if ye have been raised together with Christ, seek 
the things that are above, where Christ is. Set 
your mind on the things that are above, not on 
the things that are upon the earth. Let not 
sin reign in your mortal body, that ye should 
obey the lusts thereof: neither present your 
members unto sin as instruments of unrighteous- 
ness ; but present yourselves unto God, as alive 
from the dead, and your members as instruments 
of righteousness unto God ; that henceforth you 
may walk in newness of life. 

Put away therefore, as concerning your for- 
mer manner of life, the old man, that waxeth 
corrupt after the lusts of deceit; and be ye re- 



COLOSSIANS 471 



newed in the spirit of your mind, and put on 
the new man that is after God, created in right- 
eousness and hohness of truth. Do ye now 
therefore put all these away : anger, malice, rail- 
ing, shameful speaking; seeing that ye have 
put off the old man with his doings, and have 
put on the new man, that is being renewed unto 
knowledge after the image of him that created 
him. 

Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and be- 
loved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowli- 
ness, meekness, longsuffering ; forbearing one 
another, and forgiving each other, if any man 
have a complaint against any; even as the Lord 
forgave you, so also do ye: and above all these 
things put on love, which is the bond of per- 
fectness. And let the peace of Christ arbi- 
trate in your hearts, to the which also ye were 
called in one body ; and be ye thankful. Let 
the word of the Lord dwell in you richly ; In all 
wisdom teaching and admonishing one another. 
And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do 
all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks 
through him to God the Father. 



THE EPISTLES OF PAUL 
TO THE THESSALONIANS 

I THESSALONIANS I, II, IV, V 
II Thessalonians i 

We give thanks to God always for you, mak- 
ing mention of you in our prayers; remember- 
ing without ceasing your work of faith and la- 
bour of love and stedf astness of hope in our Lord 
Jesus Christ, before our God and Father ; know- 
ing how that our gospel came not unto you in 
word only, but also in power, and in much ful- 
ness ; so that ye became an ensample to all that 
believe. For from you hath sounded forth the 
word of the Lord, so that we need not to speak 
anything. For in every place your faith to 
God-ward is gone forth: how ye turned from 
idols to serve the living and true God. And for 
this cause thank we God without ceasing, that, 
when ye received from us the word of the mes- 
sage, even the word of God, ye accepted it not as 
the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word 
of God, which also worketh in you that believe. 

And we give thanks to God always for you, 
brethren, that your faith groweth exceedingly, 
and the love of each one of you all toward one 
another aboundeth; so that we ourselves glory 
in you in the churches of God for your steadfast- 
ness and faith. And we beseech you, and exhort 
you, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to 
walk and to please God, even as ye do walk, — 
that 3^e abound more and more. But concerning 

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THESSALONIANS 473 

love of the brethren, ye have no need that one 
write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught 
of God to love one another; yea, indeed ye do 
it. But we exhort you, brethren, that ye abound 
yet more and more; to the end that ye may be 
counted worthy of the kingdom of God. And 
to this end we pray always for you, that our 
God may count you worthy of your calling, 
and fulfil every desire of goodness and every 
work of faith, with power. 

Finally, comfort one another, and build each 
other up, even as also ye do. Be at peace 
among yourselves. Admonish the disorderly, 
encourage the fainthearted, strengthen the weak, 
be longsuffering toward all. See that none 
render unto any evil for evil; but alway follow 
after that which is good, one toward another, 
and toward all. Rejoice alway; pray without 
ceasing; in everything give thanks: for this 
is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward. 
Quench not the Spirit ; despise not prophesy- 
ings ; prove all things ; hold fast that which is 
good; abstain from every form of evil. 

And the God of peace himself sanctify you 
wholly ; and may your spirit and soul and body 
be preserved entire, without blame in the sight 
of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

I THESSALONIANS IV, V 

Romans viii, xiv. I Corinthians ii. II Corinthians iv, r. 
II Thessalonians ii 

Now we would not have you ignorant con- 
cerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow 
not as they that have no hope. For God ap- 
pointed us not unto wrath, but unto the obtain- 



474 THESSALONIANS 

ing of eternal life: that, whether we wake or 
sleep, we should live together with him. For 
whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or 
whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether 
we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. 

And I reckon that the sufferings of this pres- 
ent time are not worthy to be compared with 
the glory which shall be revealed to us. For 
eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have 
entered into the heart of man, the things which 
God hath prepared for them that love him. 
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, 
worketh for us more and more exceedingly an 
eternal weight of glory; while we look not at 
the things which are seen, but at the things 
which are not seen: for the things which are 
seen are temporal; but the things which are 
not seen are eternal. And we know that if the 
earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we 
have a building from God, a house not made 
with hands, eternal, in the heavens. 

We beseech you therefore, touching these 
things, that ye be not quickly shaken from your 
mind, nor yet be troubled. For I am persuaded, 
that neither death nor life, nor angels nor prin- 
cipalities nor powers, nor things present nor 
things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any 
other creation, shall be able to separate us from 
the love of God our Father. 

And now may God our Father, who loved us 
and gave us eternal comfort and good hope 
through grace, comfort your hearts and stablish 
them in every good work and word. 



THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL 
TO TIMOTHY 

I TIMOTHY II, III 

Titus 

I exhort that supplications, prayers, inter- 
cessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; 
for rulers and all that are in high place; that 
we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all 
godliness and gravity. I desire therefore that 
men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands, 
without wrath and without disputing. For this 
is good and acceptable in the sight of God our 
Saviour; who would have all men to be saved, 
and come to the knowledge of the truth. 

For the grace of God hath appeared, bring- 
ing salvation to all men, instructing us, to the 
intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly 
lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and 
godly in this present world ; looking for the 
blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the 
great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who 
gave himself for us, that he might redeem us 
from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a 
people for his own possession. 

For we were once foolish, disobedient, de- 
ceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living 
in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. 
But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and 
his love toward man, appeared, according to his 
mercy he saved us, through the renewing of the 
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Holy Spirit, which he poured out upon us 
richly; that, being justified by his grace, we 
might be made heirs, according to hope, of 
eternal life.- 

These things I write, that thou mayest know 
how men ought to behave themselves in the 
house of God, which is the church of the living 
God, the pillar and stay of the truth. 

I TIMOTHY IV, VI 

II Timothy ii, iii, iv 

Now in the latter days grievous times shall 
come. For the time will come, when men will not 
endure healthful teaching; but, having itching 
ears, will heap to- themselves teachers after their 
own lusts; and will turn away their ears from 
the truth, and turn aside unto fables. And there 
shall arise teachers having a form of godliness, 
but denying the power thereof. Nevertheless 
the foundation of God standeth firm, having 
this seal. The Lord knoweth them that are his: 
and. Let every one that nameth the name of the 
Lord depart from unrighteousness. If any man 
teacheth) a different doctrine, and consenteth not 
to healthful words, and to the teaching which is 
according to godliness ; he is puffed up, know- 
ing nothing, but doting about questionings and 
disputes of words. 

Of these things put the brethren in re- 
membrance, charging them in the sight of God, 
that they strive not about words, to no profit, 
to the subverting of them that hear them; but 
that they set their hope on the living God, who 
is the Saviour of all men. 



THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL 
TO TIMOTHY 

II TIMOTHY I, IV 

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the 
will of God, according to the promise of the life 
which is in Christ Jesus, to Timothy, my beloved 
son: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father 
and Christ Jesus our Lord. 

I thank God, whom I serve from my fore- 
fathers in a pure conscience, how unceasing is 
my remembrance of thee in my supplications, 
night and day longing to see thee, remembering 
thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; having 
been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in 
thee ; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, 
and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, 
in thee also. 

For which cause I put thee in remembrance 
that thou stir into flame the gift of God, which 
is in thee. For God gave us not a spirit of fear- 
fulness ; but of power and love and discipline. 
Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of 
our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but suffer 
hardship with the gospel according to the power 
of God ; who' saved us, and called us with a holy 
calling, not according to our works, but accord- 
ing to his own purpose and grace, which was 
given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal, but 
hath now been manifested by the appearing of 
our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death, 
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and brought life and immortality to light 
through the gospel, whereunto I was appointed 
a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher. For 
which cause I suffer also these things: yet am 
I not ashamed; for I know him whom I have 
believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to 
guard that which he hath committed unto me 
against that day. The Lord will deliver me 
from every evil work, and will save me unto his 
heavenly kingdom: to whom be the glory for 
ever and ever. 

II TIMOTHY II, IV 

Thou therefore, my son, be strengthened in 
the grace that is in Christ Jesus. Suffer hard- 
ship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 
No soldier on service entangleth himself in the 
affairs of life; that he may serve him who en- 
rolled him as a soldier. And if also a man con- 
tend in the games, he is not crowned, except he 
have contended lawfully. The husbandman that 
laboureth must be the first to partake of the 
fruits. Consider what I say ; for the Lord shall 
give thee understanding in all things. 

I charge thee in the sight of God, who shall 
judge the quick and the dead, and of Christ 
Jesus, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 
preach the word; be urgent in season, out of 
season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long- 
suffering and teaching. Be thou sober in all 
things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evan- 
gelist, fulfil thy ministry. 

For I am already being poured out as a 



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drink-offering, and the time of my departure is 
at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have 
finished the course, I have kept the faith : hence- 
forth there is laid up for me the crown of 
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous 
judge, shall give to me in that day; and not to 
me only, but also to all them that have loved his 
appearing. 

I & II TIMOTHY 

This charge I commit unto thee, my son 
Timothy, that thou mayest be a good minister 
of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of the 
faith, and of the good teaching which thou hast 
followed until now. 

Give diligence to present thyself approved 
unto God, a workman that needeth not to be 
ashamed, handling aright the word of truth. 
But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, 
knowing that they gender strifes. And the 
Lord's servant must not strive, but be gentle 
towards all, apt to teach, forbearing, in meek- 
ness instructing them that oppose themselves ; 
if peradventure God may give them repentance 
unto the knowledge of the truth. Shun there- 
fore profane and old wives' fables, and exercise 
thyself unto godliness. For if bodily exercise 
is profitable, godliness is much more profitable; 
having promise of the life which now is, and of 
that which is to come. 

Give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teach- 
ing. Neglect not the gift that is in thee. Be 
diHgcnt in these things ; yea, give thyself wholly 



480 II TIMOTHY 



to them; that thy progress may be manifest 
unto all. The things which thou hast learned 
and been assured of, in these things abide, know- 
ing of whom thou hast learned them; and that 
from a child thou hast known the sacred writ- 
ings which are able to make thee wise unto salva- 
tion. Every scripture inspired of God is also 
profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correc- 
tion, for discipline in righteousness: that the 
man of God may be complete, furnished 
thoroughly unto every good work. 

And thou, O man of God, follow after right- 
eousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meek- 
ness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold 
on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, 
and didst confess the good confession in the 
sight of many witnesses. Let no man despise 
thee; but be thou an ensample to them that 
believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in 
faith, in purity. 

I charge thee in the sight of God, who giveth 
life to all, and of Jesus Christ, who before 
Pontius Pilate witnessed the good confession; 
that thou keep the commandment, without spot, 
without reproach, until the manifestation of our 
Lord Jesus Christ : which in his good time shall 
he shew, who' is the blessed and only Potentate, 
the King of kings, and Lord of lords; who 
only hath immortality, dwelling in light un- 
approachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can 
see: to whom be honour and power for ever and 
ever. 



THE EPISTLE 
TO THE HEBREWS 

HEBREWS I, II, III, IV, V 

God, having of old time spoken unto the 
fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in 
divers manners, hath in these latter days spoken 
unto us in a Son. And though he was a Son, 
yet learned he obedience by the things which 
he suffered; and having been perfected, he be- 
came unto all that obey him the author of 
eternal salvation. 

For it became him, for whom are all things, 
and through whom are all things, in bringing 
many sons unto glory, to make the author of 
their salvation perfect through sufferings. 
Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be 
made like unto his brethren, that he might be- 
come a compassionate and faithful high priest 
in things pertaining to God. For in that he 
himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able 
to succour them that are tempted. 

For we have not an high priest that cannot 
be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; 
but one that hath been in all points tempted like 
as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore 
draw near with boldness unto the throne of 
grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find 
grace to help us in time of need. 
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482 HEBREWS 



HEBREWS III, IV, XII 

Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be 
in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in 
falling away from the living God. For ye are 
not come unto a mount that might be touched, 
and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, 
and darkness, and tempest, and the sound of a 
trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice 
they that heard entreated that no word more 
should be spoken unto them: but ye are come 
unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living 
God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable 
hosts, to the general assembly and church of the 
firstborn whose names are written in heaven, and 
to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of 
just men made perfect. 

Let us therefore fear, lest haply the promise 
being left us, any one of you should seem to come 
short of it. For we become partakers, if we 
hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm 
unto the end. 

HEBREWS VII, VIII 

Now if there had been perfection through the 
Levitical priesthood, what further need was there 
that another priest should arise after the order 
of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the 
order of Aaron? For he of whom we speak be- 
longeth to another tribe, from which no man 
hath given attendance at the altar. For it is 
evident that our Lord hath sprung out of Judah, 
as to which tribe Moses spake nothing concern- 
ing priests. But after the likeness of Melchize- 



HEBREWS 483 



dek, who was without father, without mother, 
without genealogy, having neither beginning of 
days nor end of hfe, but made Hke unto the Son 
of God, there ariseth another priest, who hath 
been made, not after the law of a carnal com- 
mandment, but after the power of an endless 
life. 

There is therefore a disannulling of a fore- 
going commandment because of its weakness and 
unprofitableness (for the law made nothing per- 
fect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better 
hope, through which we draw nigh unto God. 
Wherefore Jesus hath become the surety of a 
better covenant, and hath obtained a ministry the 
more excellent, inasmuch as he is the mediator 
of a better covenant, which hath been enacted 
upon better promises. 

For if that first covenant had been faultless, 
then would no place have been sought for a sec- 
ond. But finding fault with them, he saith : 

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, 
That I will make a new covenant with you, 
^ And with your children: 
Not according to the covenant that I made 

with your fathers ; 
But this is the covenant that I will make with 

you. 
And with your children, in those days, saith 

the Lord : 
I will put my law in your mind. 
And in your heart will I write it. 
And ye shall teach no more every man his 

neighbour, 



484 HEBREWS 



And every one his brother, saying. Know the 

Lord ; 
For ye shall all know me, 
From the greatest of you unto the least of 

you, saith the Lord. 

Since then he saith, A new covenant, he hath 
made the first one old. But that which is be- 
coming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto van- 
ishing away. He taketh away therefore the 
first, that he may establish the second. And for 
this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant 
whereby we receive the promise of the eternal in- 
heritance. 

HEBREWS X 

Now the law having a shadow of the good 
things to come, not the very image of the things, 
it can never with the same sacrifices year by 
year, which they offer continually, make perfect 
them that draw nigh. Else would they have 
ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, 
having been once cleansed, would have had no 
more consciousness of sins. But in those sacri- 
fices there is a remembrance made of sins yea*' 
by year. For it is impossible that the blood 
of bulls and goats should take away sins. 
Wherefore when Christ cometh into the world, 
he saith: 

Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not ; 

In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou 

hadst no pleasure: 
Then said I, Lo, I am come 
(In the roll of the book it is written of me) 
To do thy will, O God. 



HEBREWS 485 



Thus he taketh away the first, that he may 
estabhsh the second'. There is therefore a dis- 
annulhng of a foregoing commandment because 
of its weakness and unprofitableness ( for the law 
made nothing perfect), and a bringing in there- 
upon of a better hope, through which we draw 
nigh unto God. 

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter 
into the holy place by the way which he dedi- 
cated for us, a new and living way ; let us draw 
near with a true heart in the full assurance of 
faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil 
conscience, and our body washed with pure 
water : and let us hold fast the confession of our 
faith, that it waver not. 

HEBREWS X, XII 

Now consider him that endured the gainsay- 
ing of sinners against himself, that ye wax not 
weary, fainting in your souls. And forget not 
the exhortation, which reasoneth with you as 
with sons: 

My son, regard not lightly the chastening of 

the Lord, 
Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; 
For whom, the Lord loveth he chasteneth, 
And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 

It is for chastening that ye endure ; God deal- 
eth with you as with sons ; for what son is there 
whom his father chasteneth not? But if ye are 
without chastening, whereof all have been made 
partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons! 



486 HEBREWS 



Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to 
chasten us, and them we gave reverence: shall 
we not much rather be in subjection unto the 
Father of our spirits, and live? For they in- 
deed for a few days chastened us as seemed good 
to them; but he for our profit, that we may be 
partakers of his holiness. All chastening 
seemeth for the present to be not joyous, but 
grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable 
fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, 
even the fruit of righteousness. 

And call to remembrance the former days, in 
which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a 
great conflict of sufi*erings; partly, being made 
a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions ; 
and partl}^, becoming partakers with them that 
were so used. For ye both had compassion on 
them that were in bonds, and took joyfully the 
spoiling of your possessions, knowing that ye 
have for yourselves a better possession and an 
abiding one. Cast not away therefore your 
boldness, which hath great recompense of re- 
ward. For ye have need of stedfastness, that, 
having done the will of God, ye may receive the 

promise. 

HEBREWS XI, XII 

Now faith is the giving substance to things 
hoped for, the assurance of things unseen. For 
therein the elders had witness borne to them. By 
faith we understand that the worlds have been 
framed hj the word of God, so that what is seen 
hath not been made out of things which do ap- 
pear. But without faith it is impossible to be 



HEBREWS 487 



well-pleasing unto God: for he that cometh to 
God must believe that he is, and that he is a re- 
warder of them, that seek after him. 

By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed 
to go out unto a place which he was to receive 
for an inheritance; and he went out, not know- 
ing whither he went. By faith he became a so- 
journer in the land of promise, as in a land not 
his own, dwelling im tents, with Isaac and Jacob, 
the heirs with him of the same promise: for he 
looked for the city which hath the foundations, 
whose architect and builder is God. 

These all died in faith, not having received 
the promises, but having seen them and greeted 
them from afar, and having confessed that on 
the earth they were strangers and pilgrims. 
For they that say such things make it manifest 
that they are seeking after a country of their 
own. And if indeed they had been mindful of 
that country from which they went out, they 
would have had opportunity to return. But 
now they desire a better country, that is, a heav- 
enly : wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to 
be called their God: for he hath prepared for 
them a city. 

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid 
three months by his parents, because they saw 
he was a goodly child ; and they were not afraid 
of the king's commandment. By faith Moses, 
when he was grown up, refused to be called the 
son of Pharoah's daughter; choosing rather to 
be evil entreated with the people of God, than 
to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; ac- 



488 HEBREWS 



counting the reproach of the Christ greater 
riches than the treasures of Egypt : for he looked 
unto the recompense of reward. By faith he 
forsook Egyptj not fearing the wrath of the 
king: for he endured, as seeing him who is in- 
visible. 

And what shall I more say.^ for the time will 
fail me if I tell of all those who through faith 
subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, ob- 
tained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 
quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of 
the sword, from weakness were made strong. 
Others had trial of mocking and scourgings, yea, 
moreover of bonds and imprisonment : they were 
stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were 
tempted, they were slain with the sword: they 
went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being 
destitute, afflicted, ill-treated (of whom the world 
was not worthy), wandering in deserts and 
mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth. 
And these all, having had witness borne to them 
through their faith, received not the promise, 
God having provided some better thing concern- 
ing us, that apart from us they should not be 
made perfect. 

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed 
about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay 
aside every weight, and the sin which doth so 
easily beset us, and let us run with stedfast- 
ness the race that is set before us, looking unto 
Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who 
for the joy that was set before him endured the 
cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at 
the right hand of the throne of God. 



HEBREWS 489 



HEBREWS XII, XIII 

Follow after peace with all men, and holiness 
without which no man shall see the Lord: look- 
ing carefully lest there be any man that falleth 
short of the grace of God; lest any root of bit- 
terness springing up trouble you, and thereby 
the many be defiled ; lest there be any among you 
like Esau, who for one mess of pottage sold his 
birthright. 

Let love of the brethren continue. Yea, unto 
strangers forget not to shew love: for thereby 
some have entertained angels unawares. Re- 
member them that are in bonds, as bound with 
them; them that are ill-treated, as being your- 
selves in the body. 

Let your turn of mind be free from the love 
of money; content with such things as ye have: 
for himself hath said: 

I will in no wise fail thee, 

Neither will I in any wise forsake thee. 

Remember them that spake unto you the word 
of God ; and considering the issue of their life, 
imitate their faith. Be not carried away by 
divers and strange teachings : for it is good that 
the heart be established by grace ; not by meats, 
wherein they that occupied themselves were not 
profited. But to do good and to communicate 
forget not; for with such things God is well 
pleased. 

Now the God of peace make you perfect in 
every good thing to do his will, working in you 
that which is well-pleasing in his sight. 



THE EPISTLE 
OF JAMES 

JAMES I, V 
I Corinthians x. Jude 

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall 
into divers temptations ; knowing that the prov- 
ing of your faith worketh patience. And let 
patience have its perfect work, that ye may be 
perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. Behold, 
the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit 
of the earth, being patient over it, until it re- 
ceive the early and latter rain. Be ye also pa- 
tient, and establish your hearts. 

Take, brethren, for an example of suffering 
and of patience, the prophets who spake in the 
name of the Lord. Behold, we count them 
happy which endured. Ye have heard of the 
patience of Job, and have seen the end of the 
Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and 
merciful. Blessed is the man that endureth 
temptation ; for when he hath been approved, he 
shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord 
promised to them that love him. 

But let no man say when he is tempted, I am 
tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted 
with evil, neither tempteth he himself any man: 
but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away 
by his own lust, and enticed. Wherefore let 
him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he 
fall. Howbeit there hath no temptation taken 

490 



JAMES 491 



you but such as man can bear : for God is faith- 
ful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above 
that ye are able; but will with the temptation 
make also the way of escape, that ye may be able 
to endure it. 

Now unto him that is able to keep you from 
falling, and to set you before the presence of 
his glory without blemish in exceeding joy, to 
the only God our Saviour, be glory, majesty, 
dominion and power, before all time, and now, 
and for evermore. 

JAMES I 

If any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of 
God, who giveth to all men liberally and up- 
braideth not ; and it shall be given him. But 
let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he 
that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven 
by the wind and tossed. Let not that man think 
that he shall receive anything from the Lord; 
a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways ! 

Be not deceived, my beloved brethren. Every 
good gift and every perfect boon is from above, 
coming down from the Father of lights, with 
whom can be no variation, neither shadow that 
is cast by turning. Of his own will brought he 
us forth by the word of truth, that we should be 
a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. 

Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But let 
every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow 
to wrath : for the wrath of man worketh not the 
righteousness of God. Wherefore putting 
away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, 



492 JAMES 



receive with meekness the implanted word, which 
is able to' save your souls. 

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers 
only, deluding your own selves. For if any one 
is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is 
like unto a man beholding his natural face in a 
mirror: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth 
away, and straightw^ay forgetteth what manner 
of man he was. But he that looketh into the 
perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, 
being not a hearer that forgetteth, but a doer 
that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his 
doing. For pure religion and undefiled before 
our God and Father is this, to visit the father- 
less and widows in their affliction, and to keep 
himself unspotted from the world. 

JAMES II 
II Peter i 

What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man 
say he hath faith, yet have not works .^ can that 
faith save him.^ If a brother or sister be naked, 
and in lack of daily food, and one of you say 
unto them. Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; 
and yet ye give them not the things needful to 
the body; what doth it profit .^^ Even so faith, 
if it have not works, is dead in itself. 

Yea, a man will say. Thou hast faith, and I 
have works : shew me thy faith apart from thy 
works, and I by my works will shew thee my 
faith. Thou believest that God is one; thou 
doest well : but wilt thou know, O vain man, that 
faith apart from works is barren .^^ Was not 



JAMES 493 



Abraham our father justified by works, in that 
his faith wrought with his works, and by works 
was faith made perfect? And for this reason 
he was called the friend of God. Ye see then 
that by works a man is justified, and not by 
faith alone. For as the body apart from the 
spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is> 
dead. 

Yea, and for this Tery cause adding on your 
part all dihgence, in your faith supply virtue; 
and in your virtue, knowledge; and in your 
knowledge, self-control ; and in your self-control, 
stedf astness ; and in your stedf astness, godliness ; 
and in your godliness, brotherly kindness ; and 
in your brotherly kindness, love. For if these 
things are yours and abound, they make you to 
be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of 
our Lord Jesus Christ. 

JAMES II, IV 
I Corinthians iv, vii. Galatians vi. Ephesians v, vi 

My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of 
persons. For if there come into your assembly 
a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and 
there come in also a poor man in vile clothing ; 
and ye have regard to him that weareth the fine 
clothing, and say, Sit thou here in a good place ; 
and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou here, 
or sit under my footstool; do ye not make dis- 
tinctions among yourselves, and become judges 
with evil thoughts? 

Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according 



494 JAMES 



to the scripture. Thou shalt love thy neighbour 
as thyself 5 ye do well : but if ye have respect of 
persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by this 
law as transgressors. For he that speaketh 
against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speak- 
eth against the law, and judgeth the law: but 
if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of 
the law, but a judge. One only is the Law- 
giver and Judge: who then art thou that judgest 
thy neighbour? 

I write not these things to shame j^ou, but to 
admonish you; that none of you be puffed up. 
For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast 
thou that thou didst not receive? but if thou 
didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou 
hadJst not received it? Therefore judge not one 
another any more ; but sub j ect yourselves one to 
another in the love of Christ. According as the 
Lord hath distributed to each man, as God hath 
called each, so let him walk ; knowing that what- 
soever good thing each one doeth, the same shall 
he receive again from the Lord, and that with 
God there is no respect of persons. 

And as many as walk according to this rule, 

peace be upon them, and mercy, from God our 

Father. 

JAMES III 

If any man thinketh himself tO' be religious, 
while he bridleth not his tongue, this man's reli- 
gion is vain. But if any man stumbleth not in 
word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle 
the whole body also. 

Now if we put the horses' bridles into their 



JAMES 495 



mouths, that they may obey us, we turn, about 
their whole body also. Behold, the ships also, 
though they are so great, and are driven by 
rough winds, are yet turned about by a very 
small rudder, whithersoever the steersman willeth. 
So the tongue also is a little member, and boast- 
eth great things. Behold, how great a forest is 
kindled by how small a fire ! And the tongue Is 
a fire : the world of iniquity among our members 
is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and 
setteth on fire the wheel of nature. 

For every kind of beasts and birds, of creep- 
ing things and things in the sea, is tamed, and 
hath been tamed by mankind: but the tongue 
can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full 
of deadly poison. Therewith bless we the Lord 
and Father; and therewith curse we men, who 
are made after the likeness of God: out of the 
same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing! 
My brethren, these things ought not so to be. 
Doth the fountain send forth from the same 
opening sweet water and bitter? can a fig tree, 
my brethren, jaeld olives, or a vine bring forth 
figs? neither can salt water jdeld sweet. 

Who is wise and understanding among you? 
let him shew by his good life his works in meek- 
ness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter jealousy 
and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not 
against the truth. This wisdom is not a wisdom 
that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sen- 
sual, devilish. For where jealousy and faction 
are, there is confusion and every vile deed. But 
the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then 



496 JAMES 



peaceable, gentle, easy to be intreated, full of 
mercy and good fruits, without variance^ and 
without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteous- 
ness is sown in peace for them that make peace. 



THE FIRST EPISTLE 
OF PETER 

I PETER I 

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the so- 
journers who are scattered abroad, chosen, ac- 
cording to the foreknowledge of God the Father^ 
for sanctification through the Spirit: Grace to 
you and peace be multiplied. 

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, w^ho according to his great mercy 
begat us again unto a living hope, unto an in- 
heritance incoriniptible, and undefiled, and that 
fadeth not av/ay, reserved for you, who by the 
power of God are guarded through faith unto 
salvation. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though 
now for a little while, if need be, ye have been 
put to grief in manifold trials ; that the proof of 
your faith, being more precious than gold that 
perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be 
found unto praise and glory and honour at the 
revelation of Jesus Christ: whom not having 
seen ye love ; on whom, though now ye see him 
not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy 
unspeakable and full of glory : receiving the end 
of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. 

For concerning this salvation the prophets 
sought and searched diligently, w^ho prophesied 
of the grace that should come unto you : search- 
ing what or what manner of time the Spirit of 
Christ which was in them did point unto, when 
497 



498 I PETER 



it testified beforehand the sufferings unto Christ, 
and the glories that should follow them. For 
thus was it revealed, that not unto themselves, 
but unto you, were they ministering these things, 
which have now been announced unto you 
through them that preached unto you the gospel. 

And if ye call on him as Father, who without 
respect of persons judgeth according to each 
man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in 
soberness: knowing that ye were redeemed from 
your vain manner of life handed down from your 
fathers, not with corruptible things, such as sil- 
ver and gold, but with the priceless life of 
Christ: who was foreknown indeed before the 
foundation of the world, but was manifested in 
the latter times for your sake, who- are behevers 
in God; so that your faith and hope might be 
in God. 

Seeing then that ye have purified your souls 
ini your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned 
love of the brethren, love one another from the 
heart fervently : having been bom again, not of 
flesh and blood, but of the Spirit, through the 
word of God who liveth and abideth for ever. 

I PETER II 
Isaiah Ivii, Ixvi. II Corinthians vi. Ephesians 11 
Thus saith the Lord: 
Heaven is my throne. 
And the earth is my footstool ; 
What manner of house will ye build unto- me? 
And where shall be my dwelling-place? 
For all these things hath mine hand made. 



I PETER 499 



And so came all these things to be, saith the 

Lord. 
But in this man will I dwell, 
Even in him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, 
And that honoureth my word. 
For I dwell in the high and lofty place, 
In him also that is of a contrite and humble 

spirit. 

For know ye not that ye are the temple of 
God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? 
Yea, ye are the temple of the living God; and 
are built upon the foundation of apostles and 
prophets, Jesus Christ being the chief corner- 
stone; in whom each several building, fitly 
framed together, groweth into a holy temple in 
the Lord; in whom ye also are builded together 
for a habitation of God in the Spirit. 

Laying aside therefore all malice, and all 
guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil 
speakings, come unto God, as unto a living 
Stone, that ye also, as living stones, may be 
built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priest- 
hood, to offer spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to 
God. 

I PETER II, III, IV 

I beseech you, as sojourners and pilgrims, to 
abstain from fleshy lusts, which war against the 
soul ; having your behaviour seemly in the world : 
that, wherein they speak against you, they may 
by your good manner of life, which they behold, 
glorify God. Wherefore let your adorning not 
be the outward adorning of wearing jewels of 



500 I PETER 



gold, or of putting on apparel; but let it be 
the hidden man of the heart, even the incorrupt- 
ible apparel gf a meek and quiet spirit, which is 
in the sight of God of great price. For after 
this manner did they also aforetime, who- hoped 
in God, adorn themselves : whose children ye now 
are, if ye do well. 

Be ye therefore all of one mind, having com- 
passion one on another, loving as brethren, ten- 
derhearted, humbleminded : not rendering evil 
for evil, reviling for reviling; but contrariwise 
blessing; knowing that hereunto were ye called, 
that ye should inherit a blessing. For it is writ- 
ten: 

He that would love life. 

And see good days. 

Let him refrain his tongue from evil. 

And his lips that they speak no guile : 

Let him eschew evil, and do good ; 

Let him seek peace, and pursue it. 

Finally, be ye all of sound mind, and watch 
untoi prayer: above all things, being fervent in 
your love among yourselves ; for love covereth a 
multitude of sins : using hospitality one to an- 
other without murmuring: according as each 
hath received a gift, ministering it among your- 
selves, as good stewards of the manifold grace 
of God; if any man speaketh, speaking as it 
were oracles of God; if any man ministereth, 
ministering as of the strength which God sup- 
plieth : that in all things God may be glorified. 



I PETER 501 



I PETER II, III, IV 

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the 
fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you 
to prove you, as though a strange thing hap- 
pened unto you : but insomuch as ye are partak- 
ers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the 
revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with 
exceeding joy. If ye are reproached for the 
name of Christ, blessed' are ye ; because the Spirit 
of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you. 
But let none of you suffer as an evil-doer: but 
if a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be 
ashamed; but let him glorify God' in this name. 

For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward 
God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrong- 
fully. But what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and 
are buffeted for it, ye shall take it patiently? 
but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye 
shall take it patiently, this is acceptable with 
God. For hereunto were ye called: because 
Christ also suffered before you, leaving you an 
example, that ye should follow his steps : who did 
no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 
who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; 
when he suffered, threatened not; but committed 
his cause to him that judgeth righteously. 
Wherefore let them also that suffer according to 
the will of God, commit their souls in well-doing 
unto a faithful Creator. 

Sanctify therefore the Lord God in your 
hearts: being ready always to give answer to 
every man that asketh you a reason concerning 
the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and 



502 I PETER 



fear : having a good conscience ; that, wherein ye 
are spoken against, they may be ashamed who re- 
vile your good manner of Hfe In Christ. For so 
Is the win of God, that by well-doing ye should 
put to silence the Ignorance of foolish men: as 
free, and not using your freedom as a cloak of 
wickednessi, but as servants of God. 



THE SECOND EPISTLE 
OF PETER 

II PETER I 

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus 
Christ, to them that have obtained a like precious 
faith with us : Grace to you and peace be multi- 
plied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our 
Lord ; seeing that his divine power hath granted 
unto us all things that pertain unto life and 
godliness, through the knowledge of him that 
called us by his own glory and virtue. And he 
hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding 
great promises, whereunto ye do well that ye 
take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark 
place, until the day dawn, and the day-star 
arise in your hearts : that through these ye may 
become partakers of the divine nature. 

Yea, and for this very cause adding on your 
part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; 
and in your virtue, knowledge; and in your 
knowledge, self-control ; and in your self-control, 
stedfastness ; and in your stedf astness, godliness ; 
and in your godliness, brotherly kindness ; and 
in your brotherly kindness, love. For if these 
things are yours and abound, they make you to 
be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of 
our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh 
these things is blind, seeing only what is near, 
having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. 
Wherefore give the more diligence to make your 
503 



504 II PETER 



calling and election sure: for if ye do these 

things, ye shall never stumble: for thus shall be 

richly supplied unto you the entrance into the 

eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus 

Christ. 

II PETER III 

I Peter i 

Now in the latter days there shall come scoff- 
ers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, 
Where is the promise of his coming? for, from 
the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things 
continue as they were from the beginning of the 
creation! Nevertheless, according to the prom- 
ise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, 
wherein dwelleth righteousness. Wherefore, see- 
ing that ye look for these things, what manner 
of persons ought ye to be in all holy living and 
godliness, looking for and hastening the com- 
ing of the day of God ! Give diligence, there- 
fore, that ye may be found in peace, without 
spot and blameless. And knowing these things 
beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with 
wicked error, ye fall from your own stedfastness. 

Girding up therefore the loins of your mind, 
be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace 
that is to be brought unto you according to the 
revelation of Jesus Christ; as children of obedi- 
ence, not fashioning yourselves according to 
your former manner of life in the time of your 
ignorance: but, as he who called you is holy, so 
be ye yourselves holy in all manner of living. 



THE FIRST EPISTLE 
OF JOHN 

I JOHN I, II 

Now this is the message which we have heard 
from him and announce unto you, that God is 
light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we 
say that we have fellowship with him and walk 
in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 
but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, 
we have fellowship one with another. If we say 
that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the 
truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is 
faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, 
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

And hereby we know that we know him, if we 
keep his commandments. He that saith, I know 
him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a 
liar, and the truth is not in him ; but whoso keep- 
eth his word, in him verily hath the love of God 
been perfected. 

Beloved, no new commandment write I unto 
you, but an old commandment which ye had from 
the beginning : the old commandment is the word 
which ye heard. Again, a new commandment 
write I unto you, which thing is true in him 
and in you; because the darkness is passing 
away, and the true light already shineth. He 
that saith he is in the light and hateth his 
brother, is in the darkness even until now. He 
that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and 

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606 I JOHN 



there is no occasion of stumbling in him. But 

he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and 

walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither 

he goeth, because the darkness hath bhnded his 

eyes. 

These things have I written unto you, that ye 

may know that ye have eternal life. I have not 

written unto' you because ye know not the truth, 

but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the 

truth. I have written unto you, fathers, because 

ye have known him that is from the beginning. 

I have written unto 3 ou, j^oung men, because ye 

are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, 

and ye have overcome the world. And this is 

the victory that overcometh the world, even our 

faith. 

I JOHN III, IV 

Behold what manner of love the Father hath 
bestowed upon us, that we should be called sons 
of God ! And hereby know we this, because he 
hath given us of his Spirit. And we know and 
have believed the love which God hath in us : for 
love is of God; and every one that loveth is 
born of God, and knoweth God. Herein is love 
made perfect with us ; because as he is, even so 
are we in this world. There is no fear in love: 
but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear 
hath punishment ; and he that f eareth is not made 
perfect in love. We love, because he first loved 
us. 

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also' ought to 
love one another. No man hath beheld God at 
any time ; but if we love one another, God abideth 



I JOHN 507 



in us, and his love is perfected in us. For God 
is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in 
God, and God in him. If any man say, I love 
God, yet hateth his brother, how dwelleth the 
love of God in him? for he who loveth not his 
brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God 
whom he hath not seen. 

Let no man lead you astray: he that doeth 
righteousness is righteous, even as God is right- 
eous. If ye know that he is righteous, ye know 
that every one also that doeth righteousness is 
born of him, Whosover is born of God doth not 
commit sin, because his Spirit abideth in him: 
and he will not sin because he is born of God. 
In this are manifest the children of God and the 
children of the world : whosoever doeth not right- 
eousness is not of God, neither he that loveth 
not his brother. For this is the message which 
ye heard from the beginning, that we should 
love one another. 

Beloved, now are we sons of God, and it is not 
yet made manifest what we shall be. But we 
know that, when it shall be manifested, we shall 
be like him ; for we shall see him as he is. And 
every one that hath this hope set on him puri- 
fieth himself, even as he is pure. 

I JOHN II, III 

Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you. 
We know that we have passed from, death unto 
life, because we love the brethren. He that lov- 
eth not abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his 
brother is a murderer : and ye know that no- mur- 



508 I JOHN 



derer hath eternal hfe abiding in him. Hereby 
know we love, in that we lay down our lives one 
for another. But whoso hath the world's goods, 
and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth 
up his compassion from him, how doth, the love 
of God' abide in him ? 

My little childi-en, let us not love in word, 
neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth. 
Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, 
and shall assure our hearts before him, wherein- 
soever our heart condemn us ; because God is 
greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have 
boldness toward God; and whatsoever we ask, we 
receive of him, because we keep his command- 
ments, and do the things that are pleasing in his 
sight. And this is his commandment, that we 
should love one another. And he that keepeth 
his commandments abideth in God, and God in 
him. 

Beloved, love not the world, neither the things 
that are in the world. If any man love the 
world, the love of the Father is not in him. For 
all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and 
the lust of the eyes, and the vainglory of life, 
is not of the Father, but is of the world. And 
the world passeth away, and the lust thereof : but 
he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 



THE REVELATION 
OF JOHN 

REVELATION VII, XIV, XXII 

And I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, 
which no man could number, out of every nation 
and of all kindreds and peoples and tongues, 
standing before the throne of God, arrayed in 
white robes. And I said unto one of the elders, 
These that are arrayed in the white robes, who 
are they, and whence came they? And he said 
unto me: 

These are they that came out of great tribu- 
lation, and they have washed their robes, and 
made them white; for the white robes are the 
righteous deeds of the saints. These are they 
that have in no wise defiled themselves ; but were 
redeemed from among men to be the firstfruits 
unto God. For in their mouth was no guile 
found: yea, they are without fault before the 
throne of God. 

Therefore are they before the throne of God ; 
and they serve him day and night. And they 
shall see his face ; and his name shall be on their 
foreheads : and he that sitteth on the throne shall 
spread his tabernacle over them. They shall 
hunger no more, neither thirst any more ; neither 
shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat: 
for he that is in the midst of the throne shall be 
their shepherd, and shall lead them unto living 
fountains of water: and God shall wipe away 
509 



510 REVELATION 

every tear from their eyes. And there shall be 
night no more ; and they need no' light of lamp, 
neither light of sun ; for the Lord God shall ^ive 
them light: and they shall reign for ever and 
ever. 

REVELATION XXI, XXII 

And he that sitteth on the throne said. Behold, 
I make all things new. Come hither, and I will 
sliew thee the things which shall shortly come to 
pass. And he carried me away in the Spirit to 
a mountain great and high, and shewed me the 
holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven 
from God, having the glory of God: her light 
was like unto a stone most precious, as it were 
a jaspei' stone, clear as crystal: having a w^all 
great and high ; having twelve gates, and at the 
gates twelve angels. 

And he that spake with me had a golden reed 
to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and 
the wall thereof. And the city lieth foursquare, 
and the length thereof is as great as the breadth : 
and he measured the city with the reed, twelve 
thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth 
and the height thereof are equal. And the 
building of the wall thereof was j asper : and the 
city was pure gold, like unto' clear glass. The 
foundations of the wall of the city were gar- 
nished with all manner of precious stones. And 
the twelve gates were twelve pearls ; every several 
gate was of one pearl : and the street of the city 
was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. 

And I saw no temple therein : for the Lord 
God Almighty is the temple thereof. And the 



REVELATION 511 

city hath no need of the sun, neither of the 
moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God 
did hghten it. And the nations shall walk by 
the light thereof: and the kings of the earth do 
bring their glory and their honour into it. And 
the gates of the city shall in no wise be shut: 
for there shall be no night there. 

And he shewed me, in the midst of the street 
of the city, a river of water of life, clear as 
crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God. 
And on this side of the river and on that was the 
tree of life, bearing twelve manner of fruits, and 
yielding its fruit every month : and the leaves of 
the tree were for the healing of the nations. 

And he that shewed me these things said. 
These words are faithful and true. He that 
overcometh shall inherit these things, and shall 
have right to come to the tree of life. 

REVELATION V, XIV, XX, XXII 

And I saw, and behold, a white cloud ; and on 
the cloud I saw one sitting like unto a son of 
man, having on his head a golden crown, and 
in his hand a sharp sickle. And another angel 
came out from the sanctuary, crying with a 
great voice to him that sat on the cloud, Send 
forth thy sickle, and reap ; for the harvest of 
the earth is ripe. And he that sat on the cloud 
cast his sickle upon the earth ; and the earth was 
reaped. 

And I saw a great white throne, and him that 
sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the 
heaven fled away. And I saw the dead, the 



512 REVELATION 



great and the small, standing before the throne. 
And I beheld in the right hand of him that sat 
on the throne a book written within and on the 
back, close sealed with seven seals; which is the 
Book of Life. And the book was opened: 
and the dead were judged out of the things 
which were written in the book, every man ac- 
cording to his works. 

And I heard a voice from heaven saying. 
Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. 
Yea, saith the Spirit, from henceforth they rest 
from their labours ; for their works follow with 
them. Behold, I come quickly ; and my reward 
is with me, to render to each man according as 
his work is. I am the Alpha and the Omega, 
the first and the last, the beginning and the end. 
He that overcometh shall inherit all things ; and 
I will in no wise blot his name out of the Book of 
Life. 

REVELATION III, XXI, XXII 

Behold, I stand at the door and knock : if any 
man hear my voice and open the door, I will 
come in to him, and will sup with him, and* he 
with me. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the 
beginning and the end. I will- give unto him 
that is athirst of the fountain of the water of 
life freely. And the Spirit and the bride say. 
Come. And he that heareth, let him say. Come. 
And he that is athirst, let him come: and who- 
soever will, let him take the water of life freely. 



INDEXES 



513 



INDEX OF READINGS FOR SPECIAL 
OCCASIONS 

[Except for the first two items, where matter referred to may 

be part of a reading, numbers refer to page where 

the selection begins.] 



Call to 


worship, 44 


, 49, 


126, 


127, 


129, 


133, 


134, 


135, 


139, 


148, 


151, 


155, 


159, 


161, 


169, 


170, 


172, 


175, 


203, 


204, 


215, 


218, 


221, 


224, 


229, 


230, 


233, 


252, 


253, 


259, 


277, 


320, 


372, 


427, 


438, 


450, 


456, 


457, 


459, 


461, 


464, 


468, 


470, 


475, 


481, 


482, 


485, 


488, 


492, 


493, 


498, 


499, 


506, 


512. 










Closing 


sentences, 


152, 


170, 


171, 


414, 


431, 


433, 


438, 


454, 


457, 


459, 


460, 


461, 


465, 


468, 


470, 


471, 


473, 


474, 


489, 


491, 


493, 


498, 


500, 


501, 


503, 


504, 


508. 


Collection, 45, 


306, 


352, 


433, 


441, 


453. 








Children 


baptism oi 


, 327 




Children 


s day, 44, 


64, 


293, 


297, 


327, 


328. 






Christmas, 201 


, 218, 


293, 


294, 


295, 


369. 








Church, 


243, 475. 






offering for. 


32, 98. 




laying 


cornerstone 


263, 


498. 



dedication, 87, 498. 
rebuilding, 100, 234. 

Easter, see topic Immortality. 

Memorial, 51, 116, 288; famous 
men, 290; physician, 286; 
woman, 187, 349; work- 
man, 287. See topic 
Death. 

Ministry, the, 16, 201, 227, 
240. 
ordination and installation, 
50, 218, 274, 301, 320, 
429, 477, 478, 479. 
work of, 28, 218, 265, 405, 
410, 413, 420, 422, 434, 
435, 444, 449, 452, 456, 
458, 459, 466, 468, 469, 
475, 503, 505. 

Patriotic, 43, 59, 145, 153, 171, 

220, 225, 350. 
Peace, see topic Peace. 

Temperance, 186, 246, 425, 

438, 440, 457, 461. 
Thanksgiving, 46, 145. See 

also Psalms, in General 

Index. 



515 



INDEX OF TOPICS 



[Numbers refer to page where selection begins.] 



Affliction, 104, 106, 236, 485. 

All souls, 251, 330, 382, 458, 
509. 

Child, 44, 64, 293, 297, 327, 
328; death of, 79, 273. 

Choice, the great, 48, 54, 89, 
284, 340. 

Commandment, the great, 44, 
351. 

Commandments, 33, 43, 44, 45, 
48; the ten, 27. 

Covenant, the new, 233, 482, 
484. 

Death, untimely, 273; in bat- 
tle, 76, 80. See Immor- 
tality. 

Faith, in praise of, 486; walk- 
ing by, 260, 450; and 
works, 492. 

Fast, the true, 222, 308. 

Flesh and spirit, 207, 425, 438, 
457, 461, 499. 

Forgiveness, 314, 337. 

Freedom, 379, 408, 432, 439, 
440, 449, 456, 466, 469. 

Friend, 282. 

Gifts, spiritual, 440, 443, 444. 

God, the all-seeing, 107, 111, 
112, 136, 173, 204, 232, 
280. 

Gratitude, 46, 339. 

Humility, 70, 121, 249, 283, 
327, 328, 334, 341, 385, 
430, 436, 454, 464, 493. 

Immortality, 79, 108, 128, 173, 
251, 272, 273, 427, 445, 
447, 450, 473, 509, 511. 



Judgment, day of; see Sowing 
and Reaping. 

Justice, 26. See also Right- 
eousness. 

Money, the love of, 139, 193, 
231, 279, 310, 333, ^40, 
353, 401. 

Music, the power of, 69. 

New heavens and new earth, 
171, 198, 205, 208, 209, 
220, 225, 229, 233, 247, 
251, 504, 510. 

Peace, 78, 198, 207, 220, 225, 
386, 389. 

Persecution, 305, 389, 398, 404, 
411, 501. 

Physician, the, in praise of, 
286. 

Prayer, 309, 325, 337, 339. 

Prophet, the coming, 46. 

Purity, personal, 438, 440, 499. 

Religion, practical, 27, 33, 43, 

44, 45, 48, 85, 116, 117, 

125, 127, 133, 189, 194, 

199, 208, 224, 228, 229, 

230, 231, 237, 238, 254, 

259, 265, 298, 306, 308, 

311, 312, 331, 351, 352, 

405, 424, 431, 443, 457, 

459, 460, 464, 469. 470, 

472, 476, 489, 491, 492, 

494, 499, 505, 506, 507. 

Religion without ceremony, 

423, 424, 482, 484. 

Religion, universal, 35, 198, 

205, 209, 215, 218, 221, 

229, 233, 253, 330, 396, 



516 



INDEX OF TOPICS 



617 



405, 406, 410, 422, 423, 

458. 
Responsibility, personal, 237, 

238, 240, 284. 
Righteousness, not sacrifice, 

68, 142, 148, 149, 197, 222, 

229, 254, 259, 280, 285, 

351. 
Righteousness, national and 

civic, 59, 153, 198, 220. 
Self-control, 438, 440 
Self-denial, 325, 331. 
Sincerity, 38, 232, 308, 322, 

324. 
Sowing and reaping, 109, 111, 

112, 179, 191, 199, 204, 

212, 231, 237, 238, 240, 

251, 260, 280, 284, 318, 



322, 352, 384, 436, 457, 

511. 
Strong, the, and the weak, 25, 

41, 45, 432, 433, 439, 453. 
Temperance, 186, 246, 438, 

440. 
Temple, the living, 438, 498. 
Temptation, 277, 299, 490. 
Tolerance, 330, 405, 406. 
Truth, 38, 229, 232, 269, 389. 
Unity in diversity, 440, 442. 
Unity of the spirit, 172, 392, 

436, 459, 464. 
Warfare, the spiritual, 461. 
Workman, the, in praise of, 

287. 
Woman, the virtuous, 187. 



GENERAL INDEX 



[Numbers refer to page where selection begins.] 



Abimelech, reproved by Jo- 

tham, 59. 
Abraham, 4, 486, 492. 
Absalom, death of, 80. 

Babel, tower of, 3. 
Balaam and Balak, 38. 

Canaan, spying out, 36. 
Commandments, the ten, 27. 

Daniel, refuses king's food, 
246. 

David plays before Saul, 69; 
anointed king, 70; and Go- 
liath, 72; pursued by Saul, 
74; lament over Saul and 
Jonathan, 76; death of 
child, 79; lament for Ab- 
salom, 80; numbers Israel, 
81; character, 82; charge 
to Solomon, 85; prepares 
to build temple, 98. 

Diana of the Ephesians, 411. 

Elijah, and priests of Baal, 

89; despondency of, 91; 

death of, 94. 
Elisha, and Elijah, 94; heals 

Naaman, 95; angel guards, 

96. 
Ezekiel, vision of dry bones, 

241; vision of temple, 243. 

Gethsemane, Jesus in, 358. 
Gideon, delivers from Midian- 

ites, 57. 
Goliath and David, 72. 

Idols, sacrifices to, 439. 



Isaac, and herdmen of Gerar, 

5; dream of, 6. 
Isaiah, call of, 201. 
Israel, children of, afflictions 

of, 17; exodus, 19; Red 

Sea, 20. 

Jacob, wrestling of, 7. 

James and John, ambition of, 
328. 

Jeremiah, call of, 227. 

Jericho, fall of, 53. 

Jerusalem, the new, 510. 

Jesus, life of. Birth, 294, 295, 
296; youth, 297; baptism 
and temptation, 299; in 
Nazareth, 301; anointed 
314, 349; sends out twelve, 
320; transfigured, 325 
blesses children, 327; en- 
try into Jerusalem, 344 
betrayed, 353, 354; last 
supper, 357; Gethsemane, 
358; before Pilate, 360; 
361; mocked, 362; cruci- 
fied, 364; resurrection 
365; walk to Emmaus, 
367; appears to Thomas, 
394; tributes to, 378, 481 
ministry of. In Nazareth, 
301; witness of John, 370 
like brethren, 481; went 
about doing good, 406 
heals by hem of garment, 
302; withered hand, 304 
woman, 304; centurion 
313; demoniac, 319; epi 



518 



GENERAL INDEX 



519 



leptic child, 325; ten lep- 
ers, 339; blind, 342, 381; 
pool of Bethesda, 374. 

parables of. Two debtors, 
314; sower, 316; wheat 
and tares, 318; counting 
the cost, 331; good Sama- 
ritan, 331; rich fool, 333; 
chief seats, 334; marriage 
feast, 334; lost sheep, 335; 
lost piece, 335; prodigal 
son, 336 ; unforgiving serv- 
ant, 337; importunate 
widow, 339; Pharisee and 
publican, 341 ; mustard 
seed, 345; ten virgins, 346; 
talents, 348; sheep and 
goats, 352; good shepherd, 
382. 

teaching of. Sabbath, 303; 
beatitudes, 305; prayer, 
309, 325, 337; laying up 
treasure, 310; false pro- 
phets, 312; eating with un- 
washed hands, 322; sign 
demanded, 322; leaven of 
Pharisees, 324; greatest in 
kingdom, 328; true kin- 
ship, 330; forgiveness, 
337; rich young man, 340; 
coming of kingdom, 345, 
346; tribute, 350; Nicode- 
mus, 371; Jacob's well, 
372; credentials, 315, 373, 
377; resurrection of dead, 
374; bread of life, 376; 
freedom, 379; woman in 
adultery, 380; good shep- 
herd, 382; light of the 
world, 342, 384; washing 
feet, 385; promise of 
peace, 386; vine and 
branches, 388; farewell 
prayer, 392. 



Job, afflictions of, 104; oath of 
innocence, 116, 117; re- 
pentance, 121. 

John the Baptist, preaching of, 
298; witness to Jesus, 
369, 370, 373. 

Jonah, intolerance of, re- 
proved, 256. 

Jonathan, Saul and, lament 
over, 76. 

Joseph, story of, 7-13. 

Joshua, takes Jericho, 53; 
covenant at Shechem, 54. 

Jotham, parable of, 59. 

Judges, charge to, 26. 

Labourers, oppression of, 17, 
101. 

Manna, 22. 

Moses, birth and youth of, 14; 
burning bush, 16; before 
Pharaoh, 17; delivers Is- 
raelites, 19, 20; manna, 
22; smites rock, 24; Aaron 
and Hur hold up hands 
of, 25; appoints judges, 
26; commandments, 28, 
33, 43, 44, 45, 48; ten 
commandments, 27; Sinai, 
28; calf of gold, 29; vi- 
sion of the Lord, 31; of- 
fering for tabernacle, 32; 
assistants chosen, 35; 
sends spies to Canaan, 36; 
children of Reuben, 41; 
charge to Joshua, 50; 
blessing, 51; death of, 51; 
his faith, 486. 

Naaman, healing of, 95. 
Nebuchadnezzar, dream of, 

247; humbling of, 249. 
Nehemiah, rebuilds walls, 100; 

rebukes extortioners, 101; 

reads book of law, 103. 



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Nicodemus, visits Jesus, 371. 

Noah, covenant with, 2. 

Parable, Jotham's, 59. See 
also Jesus, parables of. 

Paul, conversion of, 404, 414; 
at Athens, 410; farewell 
at Miletus, 413; before 
Agrippa, 414; shipwreck, 
417; in Rome, 420; trials 
of, 454. 

Peter, vision of, 405; and 
Cornelius, 406; and John 
in temple, 397; persecu- 
tions, 398; denies his 
Lord, 354. 

Psalms, of righteousness, 125, 
127, 133, 135, 142, 148, 
153, 168. 
of trust, 125, 128, 131, 132, 

134, 139, 141, 142, 143, 
147, 150, 154, 155, 156, 
158, 169, 170, 171, 173. 

of worship, 126, 129, 149, 

170, 175. 
of praise, 127, 129, 134, 

135, 136, 138, 148, 151, 



152, 159, 160, 161, 165, 
168, 175, 177, 178. 
of nature, 131, 151, 162, 
165, 177. 

Sabbath, 303, 374, 381. 

Samson, taking of, 61. 

Samuel, call of, 64; anoints 
Saul, 65; reproves Saul, 
68; anoints David, 70. 

Saul, given new heart, 67; 
made king, 65; reproved 
by Samuel, 68; despond- 
ency of, 69; pursues 
David, 74. 

Saul and Jonathan, lament 
over, 76. 

Solomon, receives charge, 85; 
vision, 85; dedicates tem- 
ple, 87. 

Stephen, martyrdom of, 400. 

Tongues, speaking with, 3, 

396, 443, 444. 
Transfiguration, 325, 449. 

Water from the rock, 24. 
Zaccheus, 343. 



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